People group profile · PG000416
The Indonesians of the Netherlands
The Indonesians of the Netherlands, numbering about 158,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Austronesian linguistic community whose identity is more closely linked to Indonesian citizenship than to ethnic background.
They are a diaspora people in the Malay people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Indonesian.
Fast facts
- Country
- Netherlands
- Population
- 158,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Malay
- Primary language
- Indonesian (ind)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Western Europe, Europe
Where they live
Gospel status
The Indonesians are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Indonesians
- Continue prayer and fasting for this group
- Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
- Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people
Primary religion
Sunni Islam · Islam
58% adherents
Primary language
Indonesian · Austronesian family
100% speak Indonesian
Gospel resources in Indonesian
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Indonesian (Yesus))
- JESUS (Indonesian (Isa))
- Magdalena (Indonesian (Isa))
- The Savior (Indonesian (Yesus))
Bibles
- Indonesian New Translation (formal) Version, 1974 · video, audio, text
- Indonesian New Translation (formal) Version, 1974 · audio, text
- Plain Indonesian Translation · audio, text
- Sehari-hari · text
- Shellabear NT Kitab Suci Injil (Terjemahan 1912) · video, audio, text
- Shellabear OT Association for the Restoration of the 1912 Translation · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Indonesians
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
Indonesian in other countries
The same people (ROP3 114115) is reported in 7 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesians | Malaysia | 344,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Indonesians | Singapore | 200,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Indonesians | Hong Kong | 140,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Indonesians | United States | 79,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Indonesians | Australia | 30,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Indonesians | Canada | 17,000 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Indonesians | China | 11,500 | No Longer Unreached |
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