People group profile · PG007720
The Mabaka Valley Kalinga of the Philippines
The Mabaka Valley Kalinga of the Philippines, numbering about 5,800 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Kalinga subgroup of southeastern Kalinga province in the Philippine Cordillera, part of a warrior and tattooing tradition governed through the bodong system of inter-village peace pacts.
They are an indigenous people in the Filipino Tribal people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Mabaka Valley Kalinga.
Fast facts
- Country
- Philippines
- Population
- 5,800
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Filipino Tribal
- Primary language
- Mabaka Valley Kalinga (kkg)
- 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 ?
- Minimally Reached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Mabaka Valley Kalinga 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 Mabaka Valley Kalinga
- 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
94% adherents
Primary language
Mabaka Valley Kalinga · Austronesian family
100% speak Mabaka Valley Kalinga
Gospel resources in Mabaka Valley Kalinga
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Mabaka Valley Kalinga
- 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.
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