People group profile · PG022482
The Batak Angkola of Indonesia
The Batak Angkola of Indonesia, numbering about 705,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Batak people of Sipirok in North Sumatra's Tapanuli region, Indonesia, many descended from fourteenth-century migrants of the Siregar clan, converted to Islam in the early 1800s under the Sumatran Padri movement unlike most Batak subgroups.
They are an indigenous people in the Batak-Nias of Sumatra people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Batak Angkola.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 705,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Batak-Nias of Sumatra
- Primary language
- Batak Angkola (akb)
- 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
- North Sumatra province: Labuhan Batu, Labuhan Batu Selatan, Padang Lawas, Padang Lawas Utara, Tapanuli Selatan, Tapanuli Tengah, and Tapanuli Utara regencies; inland from Sibolga city area south, east to Binanga, northeast toward the Strait of Malacca
Where they live
Gospel status
The Batak Angkola 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 Batak Angkola
- 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
85% adherents
Primary language
Batak Angkola · Austronesian family
76% speak Batak Angkola
Gospel resources in Batak Angkola
- Bible available, published 1991
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
- 1991 Edition · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Batak Angkola
- 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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