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People group profile · PG007194

The Hmong Shuad of China

The Hmong Shuad of China, numbering about 420,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Hmong-Mien ethnolinguistic group indigenous to southwest China and adjacent border areas of Vietnam.

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 Hmong Shua.

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Fast facts

Country
China
Population
420,000
Affinity group
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
People cluster
Miao / Hmong
Primary language
Hmong Shua (hmz)
Primary religion
Ethnoreligion
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
Region
Eastern Asia, Asia

Where they live

Gospel status

The Hmong Shuad 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 Hmong Shuad

  • 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

Ethnoreligion

94% adherents

Primary language

Hmong Shua · Hmong-Mien family

100% speak Hmong Shua

Gospel resources in Hmong Shua

  • Bible available, published 2005
  • JESUS Film available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources not available
  • Bible stories available

Films

Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.

Pray for the Hmong Shuad

  1. Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
  2. Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
  3. 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
  4. Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.

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