People group profile · PG007365
The Luhua Qiang of China
The Luhua Qiang of China, numbering about 30,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ancient people of Sichuan's upper Min River valley first recorded in Shang Dynasty oracle bone inscriptions, whose homeland shrank as related groups assimilated into Han and Tibetan populations, officially recognized only in 1950.
They are an indigenous people in the Tibetan people cluster of the Tibetan Peoples. Their primary religion is Tibetan Buddhism, and they primarily speak Northern Qiang.
Fast facts
- Country
- China
- Population
- 30,500
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Tibetan
- Primary language
- Northern Qiang (cng)
- Primary religion
- Tibetan Buddhism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Sichuan: Aba Prefecture, Heishui county, Liuhua, Shashiduo, Yangrong, Zegai, Ergulu, and Zhuogedu districts
Where they live
Gospel status
The Luhua Qiang 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 Luhua Qiang
- 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
Tibetan Buddhism · Buddhism
70% adherents
Primary language
Northern Qiang · Sino-Tibetan family
75% speak Northern Qiang
Gospel resources in Northern Qiang
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not 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 Luhua Qiang
- 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.
- 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.
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