People group profile · PG007352
The Pubiao of China
The Pubiao of China, numbering about 425 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a small ethnic subgroup of the larger Yi community of southwestern China and northern Vietnam.
They are an indigenous people in the Tai people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Mandarin Chinese.
Fast facts
- Country
- China
- Population
- 425
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Tai
- Primary language
- Mandarin Chinese (cmn)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Also known as
- Qabiao
- Region
- Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Yunnan Province: Wenshan Prefecture, Malipo County, Tiechang, Matong, Punong, Pucha, Pufeng, and Pialong villages
Where they live
Gospel status
The Pubiao 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 No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Pubiao
- 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
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
- JESUS (Chinese, Yunnan (Kunming))
- JESUS (Chinese, Qinghai)
- JESUS (Mandarin, China)
- JESUS (Mandarin (Taiwan))
- JESUS (Hui)
- JESUS (Chinese, Guiliu)
- JESUS (Chinese, Sichuan)
- Magdalena (Mandarin, China)
- Magdalena (Mandarin (Taiwan))
- The Savior (Mandarin, China)
Bibles
- Revised Chinese Union Bible Shen Edition · video, audio
- Tianjing (Huizuban Shengjing) · video, audio, text
- Union Version · audio, text
- Union Version · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Pubiao
- 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.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
Pubiao in other countries
The same people is also reported in 1 other country.
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