People group profile · PG007610
The Dupaninan Agta of the Philippines
The Dupaninan Agta of the Philippines, numbering about 1,800 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a semi-nomadic Negrito people of Luzon's Sierra Madre coast, among the Philippines' earliest inhabitants who arrived some 20,000-30,000 years ago, long trading with neighboring Austronesian farmers despite shifting to an Austronesian language.
They are an indigenous people in the Filipino Tribal people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Dupaninan Agta.
Fast facts
- Country
- Philippines
- Population
- 1,800
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Filipino Tribal
- Primary language
- Dupaninan Agta (duo)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC ?
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Dupaninan Agta are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Dupaninan Agta
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
95% adherents
Primary language
Dupaninan Agta · Austronesian family
69% speak Dupaninan Agta
Gospel resources in Dupaninan Agta
- Bible available, published 2015
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- WBT Version · text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Dupaninan Agta
- 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.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
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