People group profile · PG007510
The Ami of Taiwan
The Ami of Taiwan, numbering about 216,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are the largest Indigenous people of Taiwan, traditionally organized around a matrilineal kinship system in which property and clan leadership passed through mothers and daughters, centered in the coastal valley between the Central and Coastal mountain ranges.
They are an indigenous people in the Taiwan Indigenous people cluster of the East Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Amis.
Fast facts
- Country
- Taiwan
- Population
- 216,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Taiwan Indigenous
- Primary language
- Amis (ami)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 10% or Greater but Less than 15%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Hualien and Taitung counties: valley plains and east coast
Where they live
Gospel status
The Ami are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Ami
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Protestantism · Christianity
Primary language
Amis · Austronesian family
65% speak Amis
Gospel resources in Amis
- Bible available, published 1997
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 2019 Bible Society in Taiwan · audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Ami
- 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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