People group profile · PG022510
The Lembak of Indonesia
The Lembak of Indonesia, numbering about 100,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Muslim Malay-related people of the Barisan mountain borderlands between Bengkulu and South Sumatra provinces, farming rice, coffee, and rubber and speaking the Col language in dialects named Lembak Delapan, Beliti, and Kayu Agung.
They are an indigenous people in the Musi of Sumatra people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Col.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 100,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Musi of Sumatra
- Primary language
- Col (liw)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Bengkulu and South Sumatra provinces: Lubuklinggau and Muaraklingi areas south, east, and north; small group east of Bengkulu city
Where they live
Gospel status
The Lembak 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 Lembak
- 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
100% adherents
Primary language
Col · Austronesian family
100% speak Col
Gospel resources in Col
- Bible available, published 2020
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories available
Films
- JESUS (Col)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Lembak
- 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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