People group profile · PG006693
The Bolozi of China
The Bolozi of China, numbering about 3,400 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a small, little‑known indigenous people group of northern Sichuan Province, China, notable for their mixed origins, frontier history, and the way their identity has been hidden through official classification.
They are an indigenous people in the Tibetan people cluster of the Tibetan Peoples. Their primary religion is Chinese Folk Religion, and they primarily speak Southern Qiang.
Fast facts
- Country
- China
- Population
- 3,400
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Tibetan
- Primary language
- Southern Qiang (qxs)
- Primary religion
- Chinese Folk Religion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Northern Sichuan Province, especially around Songpan, Xiao Heshui, and along the Min River as far south as Wenchuan
Where they live
Gospel status
The Bolozi are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, 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.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Bolozi
- 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
Primary religion
Chinese Folk Religion · Ethnoreligion
79% adherents
Primary language
Southern Qiang · Sino-Tibetan family
70% speak Southern Qiang
Gospel resources in Southern Qiang
- Bible available, published 2023
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories available
Films
- JESUS (Qiang, Southern)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Bolozi
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
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