People group profile · PG009202
The Baokan of Malaysia
The Baokan of Malaysia, numbering about 4,300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are one of the sub-ethnic Murut groups native to interior Sabah in Malaysian Borneo.
They are an indigenous people in the Borneo-Kalimantan people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Bookan.
Fast facts
- Country
- Malaysia
- Population
- 4,300
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Borneo-Kalimantan
- Primary language
- Bookan (bnb)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 10% or Greater but Less than 15%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Also known as
- Baokan Murut, Baukan Murut, Bookan, Bokan, Bokun
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Sabah: Keningau and Kinabatangan districts, Kinabatangan and Sook rivers’ headwaters area
Where they live
Gospel status
The Baokan 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 Baokan
- 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
80% adherents
Primary language
Bookan · Austronesian family
70% speak Bookan
Gospel resources in Bookan
- 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 Baokan
- 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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