People group profile · PG007544
The Tsou of Taiwan
The Tsou of Taiwan, numbering about 6,800 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Austronesian people of Taiwan's Alishan mountains whose clans trace migration from the Yushan peak to the Chianan Plain, forming their first multi-clan settlement of Tfuya around 1600, marked today by the Homeyaya and Mayasvi festivals.
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 Tsou.
Fast facts
- Country
- Taiwan
- Population
- 6,800
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Taiwan Indigenous
- Primary language
- Tsou (tsu)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 40% or Greater but Less than 50%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Chiayi county: Alishan (Mt. Ali) area; Kaohsiung county: northwest and central; Nantou county: south central
Where they live
Gospel status
The Tsou 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 Tsou
- 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
45% adherents
Primary language
Tsou · Austronesian family
32% speak Tsou
Gospel resources in Tsou
- Bible available, published 2014
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- The Bible Society in Taiwan · audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Tsou
- 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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