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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Han Chinese (Jinyu) of China

The Han Chinese (Jinyu) of China, numbering approximately 60,310,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic subgroup of Han Chinese originating in the northern China provinces of Shanxi and central Inner Mongolia. They are an Indigenous people, in the Chinese people cluster of the East Asian Peoples affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Unaffiliated - Agnosticism. They primarily speak Chinese, Jinyu.

Han Chinese (Jinyu) in China photo
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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Peoples
Country: China
People Cluster: Chinese
Primary Language(s): Chinese, Jinyu (cjy)
Primary Religion(s): Unaffiliated - Agnosticism
Population: 60,310,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG006801

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Unaffiliated - Agnosticism
Religious Affiliation: Unaffiliated

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Unaffiliated - Agnosticis… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Chinese, Jinyu
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

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Chinese, Jinyu Speakers

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Next steps for the Han Chinese (Jinyu)

The Han Chinese (Jinyu) are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Begin signifcant prayer and fasting for this group
Send cross-cultural teams to discover and research this people group
Begin gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group

Next steps for the Han Chinese (Jinyu)

The Han Chinese (Jinyu) are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

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

Next steps for the Han Chinese (Jinyu)

The Han Chinese (Jinyu) are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Han Chinese (Jinyu) of China

For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
readPsalm 96:5

Pray that those who are seeking after worthless idols will not be satisfied until they seek the truth and find it in Christ.

Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
readPsalm 47:6

Pray that believers will have a heart to invite others to trust in Christ alone so that they might sing praises to His name.

Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the LORD has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted.
readIsaiah 49:13

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and suffer for their faith, they will sing for joy and be glad in their hearts because the Lord has compassion on them.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
read1 John 1:5

Pray that God will raise up believers who can share the gospel with people who don't know the good news of Jesus, that God is light and in him, there is no darkness at all.

Han Chinese, Jin (ROP3 - 114083) reported in the following countries:

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