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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Ta-Oy Ralok of Laos

The Ta-Oy Ralok of Laos, numbering approximately 850 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a tribal subgroup of the Ta-oy people of southern Laos and can also be known as Ralok, Hadong, Halok. They are an Indigenous people, in the Mon-Khmer people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion - Animism. They primarily speak Upper Ta’oih.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Peoples
Country: Laos
People Cluster: Mon-Khmer
Primary Language(s): Upper Ta’oih (tth)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion - Animism
Population: 850
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity
People Group ID: PG050567
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Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion - Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Upper Ta’oih
Language Family: Austro-Asiatic

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Upper Ta’oih Speakers

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Next steps for the Ta-Oy Ralok

The Ta-Oy Ralok are Unengaged and Unreached, 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.

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Next steps for the Ta-Oy Ralok

The Ta-Oy Ralok 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.

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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

Next steps for the Ta-Oy Ralok

The Ta-Oy Ralok 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.

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Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

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For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or?rulers?or authoritiesóall things were created through him and for him.
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Pray for those who are lost among them, that they will come to know the One who created all things and holds all things together.

Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength!
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Pray that entire households will come to faith in Jesus and that God will bless their families with faith in Him for generations to come.

Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.
readColossians 4:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving, as they bring needs before the Lord.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
readJohn 3:16

Pray that God will send and sustain believers to cross cultures and share the gospel with the lost. Ask that He will give them His heart for the lost and that many will believe in Him and not perish but have eternal life.

Ta-Oy Ralok (ROP3 - 119546) reported in the following countries:

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