The Xingmoun Kor of Laos

The Xingmoun Kor of Laos, numbering approximately 750 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are described as a Kor subgroup of the Xingmoun people of northeastern Laos who speak Puoc and maintain a distinct highland identity within the broader Mon-Khmer cultural tradition Singmoon Kor They are an Indigenous people, with Xingmoun (Puoc) as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Mon-Khmer people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. They mostly adhere to Animism and Puoc is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: Laos
People Cluster: Mon-Khmer
Primary Language(s): Puoc (puo)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 750
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG050563
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

100%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Puoc
Language Family: Austroasiatic

70%
%
Puoc Speakers

Media Resources in Puoc:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Puoc:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Puoc bible at Bible.com

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

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readJohn 11:25

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readRomans 5:11

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My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
readPsalm 42:2

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The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
read2 Peter 3:9

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Xingmoun Kor Across Countries (ROP3 - 119542) reported in the following countries:

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