People group profile · PG011127
The Eastern Cham of Vietnam
The Eastern Cham of Vietnam, numbering about 88,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are the Hindu remnant of the Champa kingdom's Panduranga heartland in Vietnam's Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces, preserving Cham Hindu temple traditions distinct from the mostly Muslim Cham elsewhere.
They are an indigenous people in the Cham people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Hinduism, and they primarily speak Eastern Cham.
Fast facts
- Country
- Vietnam
- Population
- 88,500
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Cham
- Primary language
- Eastern Cham (cjm)
- Primary religion
- Folk Hinduism
- 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 Eastern Cham 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 Eastern Cham
- 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
Folk Hinduism · Hinduism
55% adherents
Primary language
Eastern Cham · Austronesian family
76% speak Eastern Cham
Gospel resources in Eastern Cham
- Bible available, published 2024
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Cham, Eastern)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Eastern Cham
- 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.
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