People group profile · PG022497
The Kaur of Indonesia
The Kaur of Indonesia, numbering about 44,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Indigenous people of Bengkulu whose communities are centered along the southwestern coast and river valleys of Sumatra and are distinguished by a regional identity shaped by both Lampung and Pasemah influences.
They are an indigenous people in the Pasemah of Sumatra people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Kaur.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 44,500
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Pasemah of Sumatra
- Primary language
- Kaur (vkk)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Bengkulu province: south; South Sumatra province: northwest from Danay Panay; all on Sumatra island
Where they live
Gospel status
The Kaur 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, 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 Kaur
- 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
70% adherents
Primary language
Kaur · Austronesian family
100% speak Kaur
Gospel resources in Kaur
- Bible available, published 2022
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories available
Films
- JESUS (Kaur)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Kaur
- 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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