People group profile · PG050551
The Phuthai Angkham of Laos
The Phuthai Angkham of Laos, numbering about 1,700 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Angkham subgroup of the Phu Thai people of Laos who belong to the broader Tai tradition and maintain a distinct lowland identity in the Mekong basin of southern Laos.
They are an indigenous people in the Tai people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Buddhism, and they primarily speak Phu Thai.
Fast facts
- Country
- Laos
- Population
- 1,700
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Tai
- Primary language
- Phu Thai (pht)
- Primary religion
- Folk 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
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Savannakhet province, Viraboury district: 5 villages
Where they live
Gospel status
The Phuthai Angkham 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 Phuthai Angkham
- 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
Folk Buddhism · Buddhism
70% adherents
Primary language
Phu Thai · Tai-Kadai family
70% speak Phu Thai
Gospel resources in Phu Thai
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Phuthai Angkham
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
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