People group profile · PG022134
The Central Hongshuihe Zhuang of China
The Central Hongshuihe Zhuang of China, numbering about 1,080,000 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 Central Hongshuihe Zhuang.
Fast facts
- Country
- China
- Population
- 1,080,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Zhuang
- Primary language
- Central Hongshuihe Zhuang (zch)
- Primary religion
- Chinese Folk Religion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, Dispersed CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region: Dahua, Du’an, Mashan, north Shanglin, possibly east Pingguo; both sides of central Hongshuihe river
Where they live
Gospel status
The Central Hongshuihe 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 but there has been dispersed church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years Dispersed Church Planting
Next steps for the Central Hongshuihe 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
Central Hongshuihe Zhuang · Tai-Kadai family
100% speak Central Hongshuihe Zhuang
Gospel resources in Central Hongshuihe Zhuang
- Bible available, published 2017
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Zhuang, Northern (Hongshuihe))
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Central Hongshuihe Zhuang
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
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