Praying for the Unreached: The Ami people of China

Praying for the unreached
According to the Joshua Project, there are 16,371 people groups in the world. Forty percent of these groups are considered “unreached” where less than 5% are Christian adherent.* Consider this paragraph also found on the www.joshuaproject.net:

“Jesus said in Matthew 24:14 ‘This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.’ Jesus directly links His return to the fulfillment of the Great Commission. While no one knows the date or time of His return, we do know that this gospel of the kingdom must be preached to all the nations first. Revelation 5:9 and 7:9-10 show that there will be some from every tribe, tongue, nation and people before the Throne.”

One of NMSI’s core values is “Burden for the Lost.”  At NMSI, we have started to pray for one of these people groups each week in our morning devotion times, and we invite you to join along. We will be putting information about the group on our site. You can also join in with us on Facebook and Twitter.

The Ami people of China
This week, we are praying for the Ami people living in China. The Ami are a matrilineal society, where the grandmother acts as the head of the household and a husband moves in with his wife and mother-in-law after the marriage. Some believe that men should only eat male fish and woman should only eat female fish. There are Ami Christians in other countries—Taiwan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, but the gospel has yet to reach the Ami of China.

Please join with us in praying for the Ami and other groups to know the joy of Christ that you have experienced in your own lives.

Angela Nelson
NMSI Publications Director


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Testimonial: Cultivating a Burden for the Lost by Angela Nelson, NMSI Publications Director

To learn more about unreached and to download tools to help you and your church become involved, visit www.joshuaproject.net.

*This term refers to the broadest possible classification of Christian and includes the six ecclesiological types of Christians: Protestant, Roman Catholic, Other Catholic, Orthodox.

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