People group profile · PG000501
The Timorese of Portugal
The Timorese of Portugal, numbering about 3,100 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara on the western half of Timor Island.
They are a diaspora people in the Timor people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Uab Meto.
Fast facts
- Country
- Portugal
- Population
- 3,100
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Timor
- Primary language
- Uab Meto (aoz)
- 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
- Southern Europe, Europe
Where they live
Gospel status
The Timorese 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 Timorese
- 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
Primary language
Uab Meto · Austronesian family
100% speak Uab Meto
Gospel resources in Uab Meto
- Bible available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 2000 Indonesian Bible Society · text
- 2020 Unit Bahasa dan Budaya (UBB) · video, audio, text
- 2020 Unit Bahasa dan Budaya (UBB) · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Timorese
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
Timorese in other countries
The same people (ROP3 110066) is reported in 1 other country.
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