People group profile · PG007731
The Arumanen Manobo of the Philippines
The Arumanen Manobo of the Philippines, numbering about 21,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Lumad people of North Cotabato in Mindanao speaking the Ilianen Manobo language, tracing their origin to a founding settlement at Banubu near the mouth of the Pulangi River.
They are an indigenous people in the Filipino Tribal people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Ilianen Manobo.
Fast facts
- Country
- Philippines
- Population
- 21,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Filipino Tribal
- Primary language
- Ilianen Manobo (mbi)
- 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 Arumanen Manobo 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 Arumanen Manobo
- 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
60% adherents
Primary language
Ilianen Manobo · Austronesian family
100% speak Ilianen Manobo
Gospel resources in Ilianen Manobo
- Bible available, published 1989
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Manobo, Ilianen)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Arumanen Manobo
- 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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