People group profile · PG022422
The Banten of Indonesia
The Banten of Indonesia, numbering about 3,795,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a people of Indonesia.
They are an indigenous people in the Sunda-Betawi of Java people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Sundanese.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 3,795,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Sunda-Betawi of Java
- Primary language
- Sundanese (sun)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, Concentrated CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Banten and West Java provinces: western third of Java; Central Java province: Cilacap regency
Where they live
Gospel status
The Banten are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical but there has been initial or concentrated church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years Concentrated Church Planting
Next steps for the Banten
- Continue prayer and fasting for this group
- Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
- Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people
Primary religion
Sunni Islam · Islam
95% adherents
Primary language
Sundanese · Austronesian family
100% speak Sundanese
Gospel resources in Sundanese
- Bible available, published 2018
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- Today's Version 1991 (Nganggo Basa Sunda Sadidinten) · video, audio, text
- Today's Version, 1997 · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Banten
- 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.
- 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.
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