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The Hui of Taiwan

The Hui of Taiwan, numbering approximately 60,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Chinese Muslim people whose ancestry reflects the integration of Chinese, Persian, Arab, and Central Asian communities over many centuries. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Mandarin Chinese is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Hui

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: East Asian Peoples
Country: Taiwan
People Cluster: Chinese-Hui
Primary Language(s): Mandarin Chinese (cmn)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 60,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG017642
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Pray for the Hui of Taiwan

Join others around the world in praying for the lost to be saved, the gospel to advance, the global Church to grow, and for laborers to be sent out and sustained in the harvest.

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Mandarin Chinese
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

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Chinese, Mandarin Speakers

Media Resources in Mandarin Chinese:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

5 films

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Bible Resources in Mandarin Chinese:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Revised Chinese Union Bible Shen Edition✓✓
Union Version✓✓
Union Version✓✓
Tianjing (Huizuban Shengjing)✓✓✓

4 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Mandarin Chinese bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Hui 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 Hui:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Hui of Taiwan

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
readRomans 1:20

As God's creation declares His glory, pray that multitudes who don't know Him will see the works of His hands and desire to know more about the Creator.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
read1 John 1:5

As mobile phones, radio, and satellite television, and other technologies become more available worldwide, pray for people who are developing digital gospel resources so that others can easily access the gospel.

And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
readActs 2:42

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will devote themselves to God's Word, to fellowship with each other, and to prayer.

Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
readLuke 10:3

Ask God to raise up and send humble believers who will depend on Him as they go out like lambs among wolves to share the good news with those who need to hear it.

Hui Across Countries (ROP3 - 103896) reported in the following countries:

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7 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▲PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
HuiPG007206HuiChina11,510,000Engaged yet UnreachedMandarin ChineseSunni Islam
HuiPG020237HuiMalaysia18,000Unengaged and UnreachedMandarin ChineseSunni Islam
HuiPG025000HuiMyanmar9,800Unengaged and UnreachedMandarin ChineseSunni Islam
HuiPG018444HuiSingapore18,000Unengaged and UnreachedMandarin ChineseSunni Islam
HuiPG017642HuiTaiwan60,500Engaged yet UnreachedMandarin ChineseSunni Islam
HuiPG043088HuiThailand91,500Engaged yet UnreachedMandarin ChineseSunni Islam
HuiPG049412HuiUnited States2,300Engaged yet UnreachedMandarin ChineseSunni Islam

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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