People group profile · PG009119
The Jeh of Laos
The Jeh of Laos, numbering about 11,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Northern Bahnaric highland people of Laos's Xekong and Attapu provinces bordering Vietnam, part of the Montagnard peoples of the Central Highlands who lived in isolated, village-centered feudal societies before the 1800s.
They are an indigenous people in the Mon-Khmer people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Jeh.
Fast facts
- Country
- Laos
- Population
- 11,500
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Mon-Khmer
- Primary language
- Jeh (jeh)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 15% or Greater but Less than 20%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Jeh 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 Jeh
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
97% adherents
Primary language
Jeh · Austroasiatic family
100% speak Jeh
Gospel resources in Jeh
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Jeh)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Jeh
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
Jeh in other countries
The same people (ROP3 104227) is reported in 1 other country.
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