The Hmong Njua of United States

The Hmong Njua of United States, numbering approximately 124,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Hmong-Mien ethnolinguistic group indigenous to southwest China and adjacent border areas of Laos and Thailand. They mostly adhere to Animism and Hmong Njua is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Miao / Hmong
Primary Language(s): Hmong Njua (hnj)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 124,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG043267
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

93%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hmong Njua
Language Family: Hmong-Mien

100%
%
Hmong Njua Speakers

Media Resources in Hmong Njua:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Hmong Njua:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1990 Talking Bibles International✓

1 entry

Or check out the Hmong Njua bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Hmong Njua are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Hmong Njua:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Hmong Njua of United States

Claiming to be wise, they became fools.
readRomans 1:22

Ask God to pour out His mercy and bring those who are walking in their own wisdom to faith in Jesus.

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.

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
readJames 1:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will ask God for wisdom when they lack it, trusting that He will generously give it to them.

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
readJohn 1:5

Pray that when discouraging days come, those who cross cultures for the sake of the gospel will be comforted as they remember that the light of Christ is stronger than the darkness that surrounds them.

Hmong Njua Across Countries (ROP3 - 114106) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
All

6 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▲CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Hmong NjuaHmong NjuaThailand190,000Engaged yet UnreachedHmong NjuaChinese Folk Religion
Hmong NjuaHmong NjuaFrench Guiana5,000No Longer UnreachedHmong NjuaRoman Catholicism
Hmong NjuaHmong NjuaLaos253,000Engaged yet UnreachedHmong NjuaAnimism
Hmong NjuaHmong NjuaMyanmar14,500No Longer UnreachedHmong NjuaPolytheism
Hmong NjuaHmong NjuaUnited States124,000No Longer UnreachedHmong NjuaAnimism
Hmong NjuaHmong NjuaCanada900No Longer UnreachedHmong NjuaAnimism

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