People group profile · PG050564
The Tai Moey of Laos
The Tai Moey of Laos, numbering about 3,400 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Moey people of Laos associated with the broader Tai cultural sphere whose distinct identity has been preserved in rural communities through kinship networks, oral traditions, and local customs.
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 Tai Dam.
Fast facts
- Country
- Laos
- Population
- 3,400
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Tai
- Primary language
- Tai Dam (blt)
- Primary religion
- Folk Buddhism
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, Concentrated CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Pioneer Unreached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Bolikhamsai province, Viengthong district: 3 villages
Where they live
Gospel status
The Tai Moey 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 but there has been initial or concentrated church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years Concentrated Church Planting
Next steps for the Tai Moey
- 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
Folk Buddhism · Buddhism
99% adherents
Primary language
Tai Dam · Tai-Kadai family
100% speak Tai Dam
Gospel resources in Tai Dam
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Tai Dam)
Bibles
- 2013 EPI · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Tai Moey
- 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.
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