People group profile · PG007366
The Mawo Qiang of China
The Mawo Qiang of China, numbering about 26,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Northern Qiang-speaking people of Sichuan's upper Min River valley, often bilingual in Tibetan and Sichuanese Mandarin, whose ancestors were not formally classified as part of China's official Qiang nationality until 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
- 26,000
- 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 province: Heishui county, Mawo, Zhawo, Shuangliusuo, Xi'er, Hongyan, and E'en districts
Where they live
Gospel status
The Mawo 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 Mawo 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 Mawo Qiang
- 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.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
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