People group profile · PG022372
The Iu Mien of Laos
The Iu Mien of Laos, numbering about 32,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a subgroup of the Pan Yao branch of the Yao ethnic group of southwestern China.
They are an indigenous people in the Yao-Mien people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Iu Mien.
Fast facts
- Country
- Laos
- Population
- 32,500
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Yao-Mien
- Primary language
- Iu Mien (ium)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Iu Mien 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 Iu Mien
- 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
92% adherents
Primary language
Iu Mien · Hmong-Mien family
100% speak Iu Mien
Gospel resources in Iu Mien
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Yao (Iu Mien))
Bibles
- 1990 Thailand Bible Society · audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Iu Mien
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
- 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.
Iu Mien in other countries
The same people (ROP3 104117) is reported in 5 other countries.
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