People group profile · PG007515
The Bunun of Taiwan
The Bunun of Taiwan, numbering about 63,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are Taiwan's highest-elevation indigenous people, dwelling 500 to 1,500 meters up the Central Mountain Range after migrating from the Zhuoshui River lowlands 250 to 300 years ago, once feared as headhunting warriors until a 1915 raid against Japanese police.
They are an indigenous people in the Taiwan Indigenous people cluster of the East Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Bunun.
Fast facts
- Country
- Taiwan
- Population
- 63,500
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Taiwan Indigenous
- Primary language
- Bunun (bnn)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 30% or Greater but Less than 40%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Hualien county, Zhuoxi and Wanrong townships; Nantou county, Renai and Xinyi townships; and Taitung county, Yanping and Haiduan townships
Where they live
Gospel status
The Bunun are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Bunun
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Protestantism · Christianity
32% adherents
Primary language
Bunun · Austronesian family
100% speak Bunun
Gospel resources in Bunun
- Bible available, published 2024
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Bunun
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- 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.
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