People group profile · PG010890
The Mien of Thailand
The Mien of Thailand, numbering about 46,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a subgroup of the Pan Yao branch of the Yao ethnic group of southwestern China.
They are a diaspora people in the Yao-Mien people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Iu Mien.
Fast facts
- Country
- Thailand
- Population
- 46,500
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Yao-Mien
- Primary language
- Iu Mien (ium)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC ?
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Minimally Reached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Mien are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Mien
- 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
92% adherents
Primary language
Iu Mien · Hmong-Mien family
100% speak Iu Mien
Gospel resources in Iu Mien
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Yao (Iu Mien))
Bibles
- 1990 Thailand Bible Society · audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Mien
- 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.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
Mien in other countries
The same people is also reported in 5 other countries.
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