People group profile · PG007428
The Xi of China
The Xi of China, numbering about 1,600 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an indigenous Xijia community of central Guizhou centered in villages around Kaili, speaking a distinct Luobohe Miao variety while maintaining an identity separate from neighboring Miao and Ge groups.
They are an indigenous people in the Miao / Hmong people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Luopohe Hmong.
Fast facts
- Country
- China
- Population
- 1,600
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Miao / Hmong
- Primary language
- Luopohe Hmong (hml)
- 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
- Region
- Eastern Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Xi 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 Xi
- 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
95% adherents
Primary language
Luopohe Hmong · Hmong-Mien family
100% speak Luopohe Hmong
Gospel resources in Luopohe Hmong
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings 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 Xi
- 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.
- 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.
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