People group profile · PG007650
The Casiguran Dumagat of the Philippines
The Casiguran Dumagat of the Philippines, numbering about 950 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Negrito people of Luzon's San Ildefonso Peninsula in the Philippines, among the islands' earliest inhabitants, whose ancestral forest land shrank from near-total control before World War Two to a small landless remnant today.
They are an indigenous people in the Filipino Tribal people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Casiguran Dumagat Agta.
Fast facts
- Country
- Philippines
- Population
- 950
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Filipino Tribal
- Primary language
- Casiguran Dumagat Agta (dgc)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC ?
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Casiguran Dumagat are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Casiguran Dumagat
- 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
85% adherents
Primary language
Casiguran Dumagat Agta · Austronesian family
100% speak Casiguran Dumagat Agta
Gospel resources in Casiguran Dumagat Agta
- Bible available, published 1979
- 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 Casiguran Dumagat
- 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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