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People group profile · PG017642

The Hui of Taiwan

The Hui of Taiwan, numbering about 60,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Chinese Muslim people whose ancestry reflects the integration of Chinese, Persian, Arab, and Central Asian communities over many centuries.

They are a diaspora people in the Chinese-Hui people cluster of the East Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Mandarin Chinese.

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Fast facts

Country
Taiwan
Population
60,500
Affinity group
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
People cluster
Chinese-Hui
Primary language
Mandarin Chinese (cmn)
Primary religion
Sunni Islam
Strategic Progress Index ?
Engaged yet Unreached
Evangelical
No Known Evangelicals
GSEC ?
Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
Lostness priority ?
Frontier Unreached People Group
Region
Eastern Asia, Asia

Where they live

Gospel status

The Hui are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. 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 Hui

  • Continue prayer and fasting for this group
  • Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
  • Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Primary religion

Sunni Islam · Islam

100% adherents

Primary language

Mandarin Chinese · Sino-Tibetan family

100% speak Mandarin Chinese

Gospel resources in Mandarin Chinese

  • Bible available
  • JESUS Film available
  • Radio programs available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources available
  • Bible stories not available

Films

Bibles

Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.

Pray for the Hui

  1. Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
  2. Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
  3. 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
  4. Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.

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Hui in other countries

The same people is also reported in 6 other countries.

People groupCountryPopulationStatus
HuiChina11,510,000Engaged yet Unreached
HuiThailand91,500Engaged yet Unreached
HuiSingapore18,000Unengaged and Unreached
HuiMalaysia18,000Unengaged and Unreached
HuiMyanmar9,800Unengaged and Unreached
HuiUnited States2,300Engaged yet Unreached

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