People group profile · PG006709
The Changshu Miao of China
The Changshu Miao of China, numbering about 26,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a distinct subgroup of the Miao (苗族) ethnic minority in southwest China, known for their unique dress, language variety, and strong sense of separate identity.
They are an indigenous people in the Miao / Hmong people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao.
Fast facts
- Country
- China
- Population
- 26,500
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Miao / Hmong
- Primary language
- Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao (cqd)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- 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
- western Guizhou Province: Zhenning County
Where they live
Gospel status
The Changshu Miao 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 Changshu Miao
- 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
92% adherents
Primary language
Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao · Hmong-Mien family
100% speak Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao
Gospel resources in Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao
- Bible available, published 2017
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Miao, Chuanqiandian Cluster)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Changshu Miao
- 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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