People group profile · PG007384
The She of China
The She of China, numbering about 902,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a distinct Chinese ethnic minority of Fujian, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi whose original Hmong-Mien Ho Ne language has largely given way to Shanke, a Hakka-related Chinese variety now spoken by most of the community.
They are an indigenous people in the Yao-Mien people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Daoism, and they primarily speak Hakka Chinese.
Fast facts
- Country
- China
- Population
- 902,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Yao-Mien
- Primary language
- Hakka Chinese (hak)
- Primary religion
- Daoism
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The She 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 Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the She
- 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
Daoism · Ethnoreligion
70% adherents
Primary language
Hakka Chinese · Sino-Tibetan family
100% speak Hakka Chinese
Gospel resources in Hakka Chinese
- Bible available, published 2012
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
- Kartidaya · audio
- Today's Taiwanese Hakka Bible · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the She
- 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.
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