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People group profile · PG007275

The Manchu of China

The Manchu of China, numbering about 131,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of China.

They are an indigenous people in the Manchu people cluster of the East Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Atheism, and they primarily speak Mandarin Chinese.

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Fast facts

Country
China
Population
131,000
Affinity group
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
People cluster
Manchu
Primary language
Mandarin Chinese (cmn)
Primary religion
Atheism
Strategic Progress Index
No Longer Unreached
Evangelical
2% or Greater but Less than 5%
GSEC
2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
Lostness priority
Marginally Reached People Group
Region
Eastern Asia, Asia

Where they live

Gospel status

The Manchu are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.

  • Congregations exist Yes
  • Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted

Next steps for the Manchu

  • Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
  • Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
  • Send out laborers from this people to the nations

Primary religion

Atheism · Unaffiliated

43% adherents

Primary language

Mandarin Chinese · Sino-Tibetan family

100% speak Mandarin Chinese

Gospel resources in Mandarin Chinese

  • Bible available, published 2018
  • JESUS Film available
  • Radio programs available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources available
  • Bible stories not available

Films

Bibles

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

Pray for the Manchu

  1. Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
  2. Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
  3. Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
  4. John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.

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