People group profile · PG022425
The Negarigung of Indonesia
The Negarigung of Indonesia, numbering about 22,770,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a people of Indonesia.
They are an indigenous people in the Jawa people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Javanese.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 22,770,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Jawa
- Primary language
- Javanese (jav)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Minimally Reached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Banten, Central Java, and East Java provinces; Special Region of Yogyakarta; Sumatra island: Lampung province; resettlements in Kalimantan, Maluku, Papua, and Sulawesi
Where they live
Gospel status
The Negarigung are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Negarigung
- 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
Sunni Islam · Islam
80% adherents
Primary language
Javanese · Austronesian family
100% speak Javanese
Gospel resources in Javanese
- Bible available, published 2017
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Javanese Banyumasan)
- JESUS (Cirebon)
- JESUS (Javanese, Banten)
- JESUS (Javanese)
- The Savior (Javanese)
Bibles
- New Revised Javanese (formal) Version, 2006 · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Negarigung
- 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.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
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