Remember GX: Biao Jiao Mien

Just because you’re from the same hometown doesn’t mean y'all get along. That’s the story of today’s Guangxi people group, the Biao-Jiao, a Yao Mien people group that reportedly avoids other Yao groups and won’t let their children marry other Yao peoples. 

Not only do they endure longstanding ethnic tensions, but the Biao-Jiao live in extremely poor villages of 20 to 50 households.  They are one of a small number of non-Han Chinese peoples in China who predominantly adhere to Daoism, the only true "homegrown" religion of China. 

Out of the local Yao-Mien dialects, the Biao-Jiao has the most Mandarin influence. Pray for bold workers who are driven by the love of the Holy Spirit to go to them with the Good News of reconciliation.

G was reconciling the world to Himself in JC, not counting people’s sins against them. He has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 2 Cor 5:19

Remember GX: Palyu

Today’s people group lives on a finger of land jutting out of northwestern Guangxi, and doesn’t even make any of China’s official ethnic classifications. Despite having to select “Other” when asked for ethnicity, we know that God remembers the Palyu people of Guangxi. 

The Palyu are originally from next-door provinces, like Guizhou and Yunnan, where the Palyu have assimilated to the cultures and languages of the diverse Yi minority groups. At the turn of the century, 16000 people still spoke the Palyu language. Though many of their neighbors are Buddhist, the Palyu practice animism and ancestor worship, and are careful not to offend the spirits they believe protect their communities.

Pray that the Palyu people will have a spiritual hunger that will open their hearts to the King of kings.

I have come that they may have life, and to have it to the full. John 10:10