People group profile · PG010901
The Nyong of Thailand
The Nyong of Thailand, numbering about 14,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Thailand.
They are an indigenous people in the Tai people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Tibetan Buddhism, and they primarily speak Yong.
Fast facts
- Country
- Thailand
- Population
- 14,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Tai
- Primary language
- Yong (yno)
- Primary religion
- Tibetan Buddhism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Chiang Mai province: Fang, Mae Al, and San Pa Tong districts; Chiang Rai province: Chiang Saen, Mae Chan, Mae Sai, Mueang Chiang Rai, and Phan districts; Lamphun province: Ban Hong, Ban Thi, Li, Mae Tha, Mueang Lamphun, Pa Sang, and Wiang Nong Long distr
Where they live
Gospel status
The Nyong 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 Nyong
- 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
Tibetan Buddhism · Buddhism
98% adherents
Primary language
Yong · Tai-Kadai family
84% speak Yong
Gospel resources in Yong
- 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 Nyong
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- 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.
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