People group profile · PG022133
The Guibian Zhuang of China
The Guibian Zhuang of China, numbering about 1,110,000 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 Guibian Zhuang.
Fast facts
- Country
- China
- Population
- 1,110,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Zhuang
- Primary language
- Guibian Zhuang (zgn)
- 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: Fengshan, Leyun, Lingyun, Longlin, Tianlin, and Xilin; Yunnan province: Funing, and north Guangnan
Where they live
Gospel status
The Guibian 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 Guibian 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
Guibian Zhuang · Tai-Kadai family
100% speak Guibian Zhuang
Gospel resources in Guibian Zhuang
- Bible available, published 2023
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not 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 Guibian Zhuang
- 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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