Southeast Asian Peoples Affinity Bloc

Affinity Bloc: Southeast Asian Peoples What is an Affinity Bloc?

Population

242,346,000

Number of People Clusters

People Groups (by Country)

664

Unreached People Groups

467 (70 %)

Map Notes

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People Cluster ▲	Population	Peoples by Country	Unreached by Country	% Groups Unreached	Popl in Unreached	% Popl in Unreached	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Bouyei	3,688,000	6	6	100.0 %	3,688,000	100.0 %	1	Ethnic Religions	0.69 %	0.16 %	74
Cham	1,693,000	19	10	52.6 %	529,000	31.2 %	5	Ethnic Religions	33.24 %	18.47 %	11
Kadai	122,000	8	7	87.5 %	26,000	21.6 %	4	Ethnic Religions	3.25 %	3.25 %	1
Lao	4,268,000	17	14	82.4 %	534,000	12.5 %	1	Buddhism	3.39 %	1.82 %	11
Li	1,924,000	6	5	83.3 %	1,242,000	64.6 %	1	Ethnic Religions	1.61 %	1.49 %	25
Miao / Hmong	12,544,000	71	43	60.6 %	8,290,000	66.1 %	4	Ethnic Religions	11.46 %	6.21 %	166
Mon-Khmer	29,266,000	255	168	65.9 %	24,197,000	82.7 %	4	Buddhism	5.34 %	2.65 %	484
Shan	4,961,000	5	4	80.0 %	4,955,000	99.9 %	1	Buddhism	0.93 %	0.84 %	99
Southeast Asian, other	1,819,000	26	8	30.8 %	130,000	7.1 %	4	Christianity	38.71 %	6.45 %	3
Tai	8,631,000	95	87	91.6 %	8,220,000	95.2 %	1	Ethnic Religions	0.72 %	0.43 %	164
Thai	57,992,000	49	49	100.0 %	57,992,000	100.0 %	1	Buddhism	0.90 %	0.40 %	1,160
Vietnamese	89,765,000	37	3	8.1 %	906,000	1.0 %	2	Buddhism	9.92 %	1.46 %	18
Yao-Mien	5,982,000	39	33	84.6 %	5,584,000	93.3 %	1	Ethnic Religions	0.81 %	0.34 %	112
Zhuang	19,692,000	31	30	96.8 %	19,692,000	100.0 %	1	Ethnic Religions	0.87 %	0.54 %	394
Totals: 14 People Clusters	242,346,000	664	467	70.3 %	135,981,000	56.1 %	8 ◼︎ (0 ✸︎)				2,976

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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Prayer Cards

Level	Description	Criteria
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-Frontier) - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity. ◼︎	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity. ✸︎+◼︎	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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