People group profile · PG020133
The Kristang of Malaysia
The Kristang of Malaysia, numbering about 8,700 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a unique Portuguese Eurasian Creole community centered in Malacca, Malaysia, and Singapore, with diaspora communities in Perth, Australia, and other locations.
They are an indigenous people in the Other Southeast Asian people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism, and they primarily speak Malaccan Creole Portuguese.
Fast facts
- Country
- Malaysia
- Population
- 8,700
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Other Southeast Asian
- Primary language
- Malaccan Creole Portuguese (mcm)
- Primary religion
- Roman Catholicism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Also known as
- Kristang, Cristão, Papia Kristang, Gente Kristang
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Melaka: Hilir and Trankera on Malacca Straits; Kuala Lumpur and Singapore
Where they live
Gospel status
The Kristang are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Kristang
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
Roman Catholicism · Christianity
85% adherents
Primary language
Malaccan Creole Portuguese · Indo-European family
70% speak Malaccan Creole Portuguese
Gospel resources in Malaccan Creole Portuguese
- Bible available, published 1884
- 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 Kristang
- 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.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
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