The Guibei Zhuang of China

The Guibei Zhuang of China, numbering approximately 1,475,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Northern Tai-speaking Zhuang subgroup of Guangxi descended from the ancient Baiyue peoples and distinguished by a regional Guibei identity within China's broader Zhuang ethnolinguistic community. They mostly adhere to Chinese Folk Religion and Guibei Zhuang is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: China
People Cluster: Zhuang
Primary Language(s): Guibei Zhuang (zgb)
Primary Religion(s): Chinese Folk Religion
Population: 1,475,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, Dispersed CP Activity
People Group ID: PG022132
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Chinese Folk Religion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

90%
%
Chinese Folk Religion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Guibei Zhuang
Language Family: Tai-Kadai

100%
%
Zhuang, Guibei Speakers

Media Resources in Guibei Zhuang:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Guibei Zhuang:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Guibei Zhuang 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 Guibei Zhuang:
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 Guibei Zhuang of China

And Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the command of the Lord your God, with which he commanded you."
read1 Samuel 13:13a

Pray that those who are walking in disobedience will recognize their sin and to turn to God.

If I ascend to heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
readPsalm 139:8

Pray that the lost will recognize God's presence with them wherever they go, put their faith in Christ, and seek to live in a way that honors and glorifies Him.

The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
readLamentations 3:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the goodness of the Lord as they wait on Him to answer their cries for help.

Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who stand by night in the house of the LORD!
readPsalm 134:1

Pray that God will raise up believers among them who are in awe of Him and that, in service to Him, they will share the gospel with others so that they too may bless the Lord!

Zhuang, Guibei Across Countries (ROP3 - 114994) reported in the following countries:

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