People group profile · PG050344
The Zou of the United States
The Zou of the United States, numbering about 225 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic subgroup of the Kuki people indigenous to the Chin Hills of Myanmar and the Indian state of Manipur.
They are a diaspora people in the Kuki-Chin (Zo) people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Zou.
Fast facts
- Country
- United States
- Population
- 225
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Kuki-Chin (Zo)
- Primary language
- Zou (zom)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 50% or Greater but Less than 75%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- Northern America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Zou are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Zou
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Protestantism · Christianity
55% adherents
Primary language
Zou · Sino-Tibetan family
100% speak Zou
Gospel resources in Zou
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Zo)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Zou
- 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.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
Zou in other countries
The same people is also reported in 2 other countries.
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