Salar in China

The majority of the Salar can speak their language, which is part of the Turkic family. Because the Salar live at the crossroads of several great civilizations, many are bilingual or multilingual in Chinese, Uyghur and Amdo Tibetan. A 1960 study found 7% of the Salar vocabulary was Persian-Arabic, in addition to a few Mongolian and Tibetan loanwords. Divorce is a simple procedure for the Salar. The husband merely announces, “I don't want you any longer,” and the woman leaves the home. She is free to marry again. In the 2020s, the Chinese government stepped up their efforts to persecute and perhaps destroy the Muslim peoples in their country. The Salar people are vulnerable.

Ministry Obstacles

There are almost no Christ followers among the Salar, so they may need to hear the gospel from the Han Chinese, a group they are at odds with.

Scripture Focus

"Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation."  Psalm 68:5

Scripture Prayer

May the widows and orphans among this people group become part of His family.

Prayer Focus

Pray for the authority of Christ to bind hindering spiritual forces to lead them from darkness to light. Pray for signs and wonders to happen among them and for great breakthroughs with a rapid multiplication of disciples and house churches. Pray for bold workers who are driven by the love of the Holy Spirit to go to them. Pray for an unstoppable movement to Christ among them.