People group profile · PG007345
The Oroqen of China
The Oroqen of China, numbering about 9,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of China.
They are an indigenous people in the Altaic people cluster of the Turkic Peoples. Their primary religion is Chinese Folk Religion, and they primarily speak Daur.
Fast facts
- Country
- China
- Population
- 9,500
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Altaic
- Primary language
- Daur (dta)
- 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 ?
- Pioneer Unreached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Oroqen 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 No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Oroqen
- 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
99% adherents
Primary language
Daur · Mongolic-Khitan family
75% speak Daur
Gospel resources in Daur
- Bible available, published 2004
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories available
Films
- JESUS (Daur)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Oroqen
- 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.
- 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.
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