People group profile · PG022518
The Mentawai of Indonesia
The Mentawai of Indonesia, numbering about 80,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Indonesia.
They are an indigenous people in the Batak-Nias of Sumatra people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Mentawai.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 80,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Batak-Nias of Sumatra
- Primary language
- Mentawai (mwv)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 20% or Greater but Less than 30%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- West Sumatra province: Sumatra island; Mentawai islands, across from Padang city
Where they live
Gospel status
The Mentawai are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Mentawai
- 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
Protestantism · Christianity
Primary language
Mentawai · Austronesian family
100% speak Mentawai
Gospel resources in Mentawai
- Bible available, published 2015
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Mentawai)
Bibles
- Today's Mentawai Version, 1993 · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Mentawai
- 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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