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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Hmong Njua of Myanmar

The Hmong Njua of Myanmar, numbering approximately 14,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Hmong-Mien ethnolinguistic group indigenous to southwest China and adjacent border areas of Laos and Thailand. They mostly adhere to Polytheism and Hmong Njua is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: Myanmar
People Cluster: Miao / Hmong
Primary Language(s): Hmong Njua (hnj)
Primary Religion(s): Polytheism
Population: 14,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG022056
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Polytheism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

88%
%
Polytheism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hmong Njua
Language Family: Hmong-Mien

100%
%
Hmong Njua Speakers

Media Resources in Hmong Njua:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Hmong Njua:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1990 Talking Bibles International✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Hmong Njua bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Hmong Njua 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.

Next steps for the Hmong Njua:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Hmong Njua of Myanmar

For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
readPsalm 1:6

As many look for hope in worldly pleasures, pray they will hear and accept salvation through Christ, turn from destruction, and experience joy in the way of righteousness.

Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
readMatthew 16:16

Pray that many will see clearly that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, and put their trust in Him.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
readGalatians 3:28

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be united in Christ across all differences of ethnicity, social status, and gender.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
readActs 1:8

Pray that God will raise up believers who are willing to cross cultures and boldly share the good news of Jesus with the lost in this people group and from every nation.

Hmong Njua Across Countries (ROP3 - 114106) reported in the following countries:

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6 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Hmong NjuaPG020901Hmong NjuaLaos253,000Engaged yet UnreachedHmong NjuaAnimism
Hmong NjuaPG010858Hmong NjuaThailand190,000Engaged yet UnreachedHmong NjuaChinese Folk Religion
Hmong NjuaPG043267Hmong NjuaUnited States124,000No Longer UnreachedHmong NjuaAnimism
Hmong NjuaPG022056Hmong NjuaMyanmar14,500No Longer UnreachedHmong NjuaPolytheism
Hmong NjuaPG016339Hmong NjuaFrench Guiana5,000No Longer UnreachedHmong NjuaRoman Catholicism
Hmong NjuaPG050515Hmong NjuaCanada900No Longer UnreachedHmong NjuaAnimism

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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