People group profile · PG049412
The Hui of the United States
The Hui of the United States, numbering about 2,300 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a community in the United States descended from the Hui, a Chinese-speaking Muslim people of China formed through the blending of Chinese and Muslim ancestries over centuries.
They are a diaspora people in the Chinese-Hui people cluster of the East Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Mandarin Chinese.

Fast facts
- Country
- United States
- Population
- 2,300
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Chinese-Hui
- Primary language
- Mandarin Chinese (cmn)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Northern America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Hui 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 No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Hui
- 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
Sunni Islam · Islam
Primary language
Mandarin Chinese · Sino-Tibetan family
100% speak Mandarin Chinese
Gospel resources in Mandarin Chinese
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Chinese, Yunnan (Kunming))
- JESUS (Chinese, Qinghai)
- JESUS (Mandarin, China)
- JESUS (Mandarin (Taiwan))
- JESUS (Hui)
- JESUS (Chinese, Guiliu)
- JESUS (Chinese, Sichuan)
- Magdalena (Mandarin, China)
- Magdalena (Mandarin (Taiwan))
- The Savior (Mandarin, China)
Bibles
- Revised Chinese Union Bible Shen Edition · video, audio
- Tianjing (Huizuban Shengjing) · video, audio, text
- Union Version · audio, text
- Union Version · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Hui
- 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.
Hui in other countries
The same people (ROP3 103896) is reported in 6 other countries.
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