People group profile · PG049302
The Qinghai Mongols of China
The Qinghai Mongols of China, numbering about 43,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Mongolian community that forms the majority in Qinghai's Henan country.
They are an indigenous people in the Mongolian people cluster of the East Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Tibetan Buddhism, and they primarily speak Amdo Tibetan.
Fast facts
- Country
- China
- Population
- 43,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Mongolian
- Primary language
- Amdo Tibetan (adx)
- Primary religion
- Tibetan Buddhism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Qinghai: Hainan Golog prefecture: Henan county
Where they live
Gospel status
The Qinghai Mongols are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. 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 Qinghai Mongols
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
Tibetan Buddhism · Buddhism
Primary language
Amdo Tibetan · Sino-Tibetan family
100% speak Amdo Tibetan
Gospel resources in Amdo Tibetan
- Bible available, published 2016
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
- New Tibetan Version (Modern Literary) · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Qinghai Mongols
- 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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