People group profile · PG007874
The Djaru of Australia
The Djaru of Australia, numbering about 500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Aboriginal Australian people of the southern Kimberley whose traditional country spans the Margaret River, Halls Creek, and Kutjungka region near the Northern Territory border and who are part of the Ngumpin cultural sphere.
They are an indigenous people in the Aboriginal Australians people cluster of the Pacific Islander Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Jaru.
Fast facts
- Country
- Australia
- Population
- 500
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Aboriginal Australians
- Primary language
- Jaru (ddj)
- 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
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- Australia and New Zealand, Oceania
- Location
- Western Australia: southeast Kimberley region, Halls Creek, Ringers Soak; Northern Territory: southeast of Gurindji area
Where they live
Gospel status
The Djaru 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 Djaru
- 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
Jaru · Pama-Nyungan family
80% speak Jaru
Gospel resources in Jaru
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings 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 Djaru
- 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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