People group profile · PG008055
The Pitjantjatjara of Australia
The Pitjantjatjara of Australia, numbering about 7,200 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Aboriginal Australian Anangu people of the Western Desert whose traditional homeland spans northwestern South Australia and adjoining areas of the Northern Territory and Western Australia near Uluru.
They are an indigenous people in the Aboriginal Australians people cluster of the Pacific Islander Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Pitjantjatjara.
Fast facts
- Country
- Australia
- Population
- 7,200
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Aboriginal Australians
- Primary language
- Pitjantjatjara (pjt)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 30% or Greater but Less than 40%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- Australia and New Zealand, Oceania
- Location
- Northern Territory: southwest corner; South Australia: Pitjantjatjara freehold lands, Yalata; Western Australia state
Where they live
Gospel status
The Pitjantjatjara are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Pitjantjatjara
- 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
Protestantism · Christianity
36% adherents
Primary language
Pitjantjatjara · Pama-Nyungan family
60% speak Pitjantjatjara
Gospel resources in Pitjantjatjara
- Bible available, published 2002
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Pitjantjatjara
- 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.
- 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.
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