People group profile · PG007198
The Southern Qiandong Miao of China
The Southern Qiandong Miao of China, numbering about 985,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Hmu people of southeastern Guizhou and northern Guangxi whose identity is rooted in the Southern Qiandong branch of the Hmongic language family and shaped by centuries of interaction with neighboring Dong communities.
They are an indigenous people in the Miao / Hmong people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Chinese Folk Religion, and they primarily speak Southern Qiandong Miao.
Fast facts
- Country
- China
- Population
- 985,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Miao / Hmong
- Primary language
- Southern Qiandong Miao (hms)
- 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
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Southern Qiandong 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 Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Southern Qiandong 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
Chinese Folk Religion · Ethnoreligion
95% adherents
Primary language
Southern Qiandong Miao · Hmong-Mien family
100% speak Southern Qiandong Miao
Gospel resources in Southern Qiandong Miao
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Miao, Southern Qiandong)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Southern Qiandong Miao
- 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.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
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