The Tushu of China

The Tushu of China, numbering approximately 8,100 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Eastern Yi people of the Guizhou-Yunnan borderlands who maintain a distinct Tushu identity and language despite official inclusion within the broader Yi nationality. They mostly adhere to Chinese Folk Religion and Wusa Nasu is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Tibetan Peoples
Country: China
People Cluster: Other Tibeto-Burmese
Primary Language(s): Wusa Nasu (yig)
Primary Religion(s): Chinese Folk Religion
Population: 8,100
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG022122
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Chinese Folk Religion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

85%
%
Chinese Folk Religion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Wusa Nasu
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

100%
%
Nasu, Wusa Speakers

Media Resources in Wusa Nasu:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Wusa Nasu:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Wusa Nasu bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Tushu 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 Tushu:
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 Tushu of China

During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
readExodus 2:23-24

As the lost among them labor, groan, and cry out under false religions and sin, pray God will have mercy on them and hear their cries, that He will be their Rescuer from the kingdom of darkness and bring them into the kingdom of light.

And he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
readLuke 7:50

Pray for the good news of Jesus Christ to reach many so that they can place their faith in Him and have lasting hope.

Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.
readLuke 18:17

Pray that as people trust in Christ, they will have simple, childlike confidence that He will provide for their needs.

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
readRevelation 7:9-10

Pray that the promise in Revelation 7:9-10 will encourage believers from among them or from nearby people groups to share the gospel with people who have never learned it.

Tushu Across Countries (ROP3 - 114338) reported in the following countries:

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