People group profile · PG006725
The Dianbao of China
The Dianbao of China, numbering about 12,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a small Tai‑speaking people group in southeastern Yunnan Province. Although officially classified as part of the Zhuang nationality, they have a separate and distinct identity.
They are an indigenous people in the Zhuang people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Yang Zhuang.
Fast facts
- Country
- China
- Population
- 12,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Zhuang
- Primary language
- Yang Zhuang (zyg)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Dianbao are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. 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 Dianbao
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
95% adherents
Primary language
Yang Zhuang · Tai-Kadai family
100% speak Yang Zhuang
Gospel resources in Yang Zhuang
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Zhuang, Dejing)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Dianbao
- 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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