People group profile · PG011133
The Gelao of Vietnam
The Gelao of Vietnam, numbering about 2,100 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous ethnic group of Vietnam.
They are an indigenous people in the Tai people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Chinese Folk Religion, and they primarily speak Vietnamese.
Fast facts
- Country
- Vietnam
- Population
- 2,100
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Tai
- Primary language
- Vietnamese (vie)
- Primary religion
- Chinese Folk Religion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC ?
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Yen Minh District, Pho La and Dong Van
Where they live
Gospel status
The Gelao are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years Concentrated Church Planting
Next steps for the Gelao
- 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
Chinese Folk Religion · Ethnoreligion
100% adherents
Primary language
Vietnamese · Austroasiatic family
98% speak Vietnamese
Gospel resources in Vietnamese
- Bible available, published 2020
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Vietnamese)
- JESUS (Vietnamese, Northern)
- Magdalena (Vietnamese)
- Magdalena (Vietnamese, Northern)
Bibles
- 1924 Khoi-Cadman · audio
- 2002 Bible League International · text
- Ban Dich 2011 · text
- Revised Vietnamese Version · video
- Vietnamese Old Version · audio, text
- Word of God for Everyone (Catholic) · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Gelao
- 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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