People group profile · PG007260
The Jiamao Li of China
The Jiamao Li of China, numbering about 110,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an ethnic subgroup of the Li (Hlai) people, an indigenous community primarily living on Hainan Island, China.
They are an indigenous people in the Li people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Jiamao.
Fast facts
- Country
- China
- Population
- 110,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Li
- Primary language
- Jiamao (jio)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Also known as
- Jiamao
- Region
- Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- concentrated in southern and central Hainan
Where they live
Gospel status
The Jiamao Li 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 Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Jiamao Li
- 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
20% adherents
Primary language
Jiamao · Tai-Kadai family
100% speak Jiamao
Gospel resources in Jiamao
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Jiamao Li
- 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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