The Southern Roglai of Vietnam

The Southern Roglai of Vietnam, numbering approximately 47,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Austronesian forest people of southern Vietnam's Panduranga region, culturally and linguistically related to the Cham, whose ancestors' Champa kingdom endured there until the mid-1600s. They mostly adhere to Animism and Southern Roglai is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: Vietnam
People Cluster: Cham
Primary Language(s): Southern Roglai (rgs)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 47,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011225
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

90%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Southern Roglai
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Roglai, Southern Speakers

Media Resources in Southern Roglai:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Southern Roglai:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Southern Roglai bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Southern Roglai are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Southern Roglai:
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Pray specifically for the Southern Roglai of Vietnam

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
readTitus 3:3

Pray for those who seek worldly pleasures instead of God to flee from sin and choose God’s goodness and lovingkindness by placing their faith in Jesus.

The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge.
readPsalm 19:1-2

Pray that the lost will see the glory of God revealed in the heavens, that they will hear the good news, and that their hearts will be softened to respond to God’s call, turning to Him in repentance and faith in Jesus Christ for salvation.

Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation.
readPsalm 111:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will praise the Lord with their whole heart in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation.

"Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."
readJohn 7:38

Ask God to raise up believers and sustain them as they cross cultures to share hope with those who need it. Pray that many might come to know Christ and that streams of living water will flow from their hearts so they will never thirst again.

Roglai, Southern Across Countries (ROP3 - 109512) reported in the following countries:

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