People group profile · PG022131
The Yang Zhuang of China
The Yang Zhuang of China, numbering about 819,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are one of several linguistic subgroups of Zhuang, China's largest ethnic minority (Guangxi).
They are an indigenous people in the Zhuang people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Chinese Folk Religion, and they primarily speak Yang Zhuang.
Fast facts
- Country
- China
- Population
- 819,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Zhuang
- Primary language
- Yang Zhuang (zyg)
- Primary religion
- Chinese Folk Religion
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Pioneer Unreached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region: Debao, Jingxi, and Napo counties; Yunnan province: Funing county, scattered in Bo’ai, Banlun, Dongbo, Guichao, Xinhua, and Zhesang townships and districts
Where they live
Gospel status
The Yang Zhuang 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 Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Yang Zhuang
- 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
Chinese Folk Religion · Ethnoreligion
90% adherents
Primary language
Yang Zhuang · Tai-Kadai family
98% speak Yang Zhuang
Gospel resources in Yang Zhuang
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Zhuang, Dejing)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Yang Zhuang
- 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.
- 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.
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