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Pray for the Southern Dong

My mom taught me to embroider and weave as a young girl so I’ve been working on my wedding dress since I was twelve. Now that I’m seventeen, I’ll be married soon. My parents often bow before our ancestral altars in our living room asking them to bless them with a wealthy son-in-law who can pay a higher bride price. I can’t help but feel like a commodity to be traded. Surely there’s more to my life than trying to be a good daughter but praying to my tribe’s gods hasn’t given me any answers about my life’s purpose.

Unreached People Group: Southern Dong

Primary LanguageSouthern Dong
People ClusterThai
Primary ReligionEthnoreligion / Chinese Folk Religion
CountriesChina
Population2,425,000 

Progress of the Gospel

% Christian< 2 %
Bible
Available		Yes
Jesus Film AvailableYes
Gospel Recordings AvailableYes
Progress of the GospelEngaged yet unreached

“I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout up, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to sprout up before all the nations.”
Isaiah 61:10-11

Pray for Southern Dong women to find their value in being clothed in the righteousness of Jesus.

Pray for young Southern Dong families to put their faith in Jesus and worship the Lord together.

Pray for the story of Jesus to transform entire Southern Dong villages with hope and purpose.

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All Prayer Prompts

Use these resources to help pray specifically each day.

Pray for the Hui

November 30, 2025

Most of my customers are Hui but there is one Christian woman who sometimes comes to buy things at my little shop. She is very kind and I think she wants to chat with me, but I don’t know how to talk with Christians. She mentions God, but is their God the same as ours […]

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Pray for the Zansakari

November 29, 2025

My name is Dolma. I am from a remote Himalayan region of the world called Zanskar. We have lived isolated from the rest of the world for hundreds of years because there were no good roads to our area. We are farmers who live quiet lives. Ever since I can remember, I have tried to […]

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Pray for the Makalu Sherpa

November 28, 2025

Being “Sherpa” automatically associates us with the world’s highest peaks. In fact, we make up over 60% of the mountain workforce in Nepal. The mountain trails and climbs have been paved by the lives of our fathers, grandfathers, and brothers. We worship the mountains and deities that live on them. We do ceremonies and make […]

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Pray for the Nubri

November 27, 2025

My name is Tashi. I was born high in the mountains of Nepal in Nubri Valley. My entire life I have only known Buddhism as a way to explain the meaning of life. My family is Buddhist. My village is Buddhist. To be a part of my community, you must be Buddhist. Or so I […]

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Pray for the Tokpia

November 26, 2025

My people have been enslaved to the darkness of Buddhism for centuries. I am the only Christian among my people. When my family first found out I became a Christian, they were so angry. They beat me and told me I was not part of the family anymore. After some time, they saw the difference […]

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Pray for the Karmarong

November 25, 2025

My name is Sange. I am Karmarong. My village is called Rusua. The Karmarong are a small people group of approximately 5,000 people spread across 12 villages and Kathmandu. Most of us are farmers, growing millet and buckwheat. Our valley is very remote and the conditions are difficult to live in. Among our people there […]

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Pray for the Southern Dong

November 24, 2025

My mom taught me to embroider and weave as a young girl so I’ve been working on my wedding dress since I was twelve. Now that I’m seventeen, I’ll be married soon. My parents often bow before our ancestral altars in our living room asking them to bless them with a wealthy son-in-law who can […]

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Pray for the Guangxi Zhuang

November 23, 2025

Because I like children so much, I took a job at a pre-school after finishing high school.  I met three Christian foreigners who came to conduct eye clinics in poor, local village schools.  I was asked to go along to help translate into our Zhuang dialect.  I saw how these visitors cared for village children they had just […]

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Pray for the Youjiang Zhuang

November 22, 2025

People call me Die, which means butterfly. I like this name because it reminds me of how Jesus transformed my life. I am a Youjiang Zhuang. Very few of my people know the true God, and I feel called to share the good news of Jesus Christ with them.One day, a sister from my church […]

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Pray for the Hakka of China

November 21, 2025

I’ll never forget the day I first heard the gospel in my small Hakka village nestled in the mountains of Guangdong province. I was a young mom, barely in my 20s, with a toddler clinging to my leg and a baby on my back. Life was simple, yet challenging, as I navigated the complexities of […]

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Pray for the Northern Dong

November 20, 2025

We call ourselves the Kam, though the rest of the country knows us as the Dong. Sometimes I wish I could just blend in with the majority, but my parents remind me that the Kam are unique, bound by traditions that honor the mountains, trees, and stones. When I was born sixteen years ago, they […]

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Pray for the Pingdi Yao

November 19, 2025

A few visitors came to our village recently, offering free therapy sessions to promote their clinic. They were kind and respectful, and many said the treatments helped. I decided to try it too.When they heard I hadn’t been sleeping because of back pain, they offered to pray for me. I didn’t know what prayer was, […]

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Pray for the Guibei Zhuang

November 18, 2025

I grew up in a small village that we could only access by foot, climbing up grassy footpaths on the hillside. I finished middle school and then moved to a bigger city to sell fruit. My hope was to make some money so that I could help my family. One day a lady came and […]

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Pray for the Uyghurs of China

November 17, 2025

I hadn’t seen my friend in a while, so it was a pleasant surprise when I stopped by his place this week. The last time we met, he had suggested that I might have a demon or demons attached to me, given all the struggles I’ve been facing. I didn’t think much of it at […]

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Pray for the Southern Jiarong

November 16, 2025

My name is Jiang San. I live with my wife Yuen and our two young boys in Rilong, a small village nestled high in the Eastern Himalayas. Life here is quiet, cold most of the year, and shaped by the rhythms of the mountains. We run a small restaurant—just a few tables, but enough to […]

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Pray for the De'ang

November 15, 2025

My father and my mother chose my bride for me after consulting the Shaman. She has been a good fit for me but life is hard for us. I work long hours farming, and she and my son help during planting season. Our life is not easy and often interrupted by the many festivals and […]

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Pray for the Eastern Jiarong

November 14, 2025

My husband often travels from our mountain village to Chengdu for work, while the children and I tend to the fields, especially during harvest, to keep our family afloat. Here at home, we live by Buddha’s teachings, and I teach my children to honor the ancestors who came before us. But each time my husband […]

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Pray for the Wenma Zhuang of China

November 13, 2025

I am Qiang, a man of the Wenma Zhuang people, living in the lush hills of Wenshan Prefecture in Yunnan, China. My life revolves around farming, especially rice cultivation in the terraced fields surrounding my village. I rise early before the sun comes up to go to the fields. I return from the fields late, […]

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Pray for the Khmu of China

November 12, 2025

When I was growing up, one of my favorite events was the Festival of Spirits as we gathered to honor the Spirits of Heaven, Water, Mountain, and Earth. We had such delicious food that my mother would work hard to prepare, the community would gather together and it felt like a big party. Now that […]

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Pray for the Cao Miao

November 11, 2025

My name is Nei Tao, and I’m a mother of two. We belong to the Cao Miao people, specifically the “Forty Miao,” and for generations our family has lived in a remote mountain village in southeastern Guizhou. We grow rice, and at home we also brew rice wine to sell.This year, for the “Sixth Month, […]

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Pray for the Miao

November 10, 2025

My name is Mr. Sun. I am a young Miao Man from Guizhou Province. Like most people from small villages, I desire a simple life. Unfortunately, there is no work in my village, and I constantly feel the pressure to provide for my wife and two children. As a result, I have left my village […]

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Pray for the Kham Tibetans

November 9, 2025

Mingmar, pregnant with her second child, fears losing yet another baby as she did her first. She knows she did something wrong in her first pregnancy, so since then, Mingmar has sought the advice of the Tibetan Buddhist lamas on her travel, when to have children, and other decisions. She watches closely as the lamas […]

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Pray for the Amdo Tibetans

November 8, 2025

At the tender age of six, Norbu’s mother gave him to the monastery. He remembers her rattling on about not being too attached to him as her firstborn child. However, he still remembers the tears in her eyes and the pain in his heart.Years have passed, and Norbu now better understands his mother’s decision. She […]

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Pray for the Central Tibetans

November 7, 2025

Tashi is Tibetan, and therefore he is Tibetan Buddhist. He sees no separation of culture and religion. The government’s restrictions on religious practices are not enough for Tashi to renounce what he believes. He continues to wear a picture of the Dalai Lama around his neck and participates in religious activities whenever he pleases.Tashi’s strong […]

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Pray for the Hani

November 6, 2025

I’m Xiaohua, a 15-year-old Hani girl from rural southwest China. I’ve grown up surrounded by the rolling hills and lush fields of our family farm, where my parents work tirelessly to provide for our family. As a child, I was taught to honor our ancestors and worship tree gods and kill ducks at night to […]

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Pray for the Bai

November 5, 2025

I have always lived in a sleepy village beside ErHai lake, everyday mending my nets in hopes of providing for the needs of my family. Though my family and friends live all around me, I wrestle with loneliness and the monotony of catching fish. Two ladies from a neighboring village walked through our village, and […]

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Pray for the Bouyei

November 4, 2025

My name is Luo, and I am from the Bouyei ethnic group in Guizhou. When I was young, there were not many job opportunities in my hometown, so I went to work in a place called Haimen near Shanghai. There, through a co-worker, I first came to know about Jesus Christ, which was a great […]

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Pray for the Yinuo Nosu of China

November 3, 2025

My name is Lu San. I grew up in the mountains of Sichuan where the highlight of the year for every Yinuo Nosu child is to go to the torch festival. There was a traditional clothing contest, horse racing, bull fights, and delicious barbecued pig. But my favorite part was to light the torches. Everyone […]

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Pray for the Naxi

November 2, 2025

“Ah La La Lei.” That means “Hello” in my language of Naxi. My name is A Sho, and I’m a 28 year old guy from a small village in Yunnan Province in southwest China. I just moved into the city from the village a few years ago looking for work and found a job in […]

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Pray for the Laba

November 1, 2025

My name is A-Yong, and I’m a 19-year-old Laba girl from a small village in Guangxi. I live with my parents and grandparents in a traditional stilt house, surrounded by lush green mountains and rice fields. I love helping my family with farm work and learning about our Laba culture and traditions. As I go […]

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