People group profile · PG006716
The Daur of China
The Daur of China, numbering about 125,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Mongolic ethnic group of northeastern China and one of the 56 officially recognized ethnic minorities of the People’s Republic of China. They are best known as frontier agriculturalists with deep historical roots in the Amur–Nen River region.
They are an indigenous people in the Mongolian people cluster of the East Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Chinese Folk Religion, and they primarily speak Daur.
Fast facts
- Country
- China
- Population
- 125,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Mongolian
- Primary language
- Daur (dta)
- Primary religion
- Chinese Folk Religion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Pioneer Unreached People Group
- Also known as
- Dagur, Daghur, Dahur, 达斡尔族
- Region
- Eastern Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Daur 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 Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Daur
- 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
73% adherents
Primary language
Daur · Mongolic-Khitan family
75% speak Daur
Gospel resources in Daur
- Bible available, published 2004
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories available
Films
- JESUS (Daur)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Daur
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
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