People group profile · PG022539
The Singkil of Indonesia
The Singkil of Indonesia, numbering about 76,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Indonesia (Sumatra).
They are an indigenous people in the Aceh of Sumatra people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Batak Karo.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 76,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Aceh of Sumatra
- Primary language
- Batak Karo (btx)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and 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
- Aceh province: inland from Tapaktuan, and northwest towards Kutacane; into North Sumatra province
Where they live
Gospel status
The Singkil are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. 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 Singkil
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
Sunni Islam · Islam
90% adherents
Primary language
Batak Karo · Austronesian family
76% speak Batak Karo
Gospel resources in Batak Karo
- Bible available, published 2003
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Batak Karo)
Bibles
- Today's Karo Version, 1987 · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Singkil
- 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.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
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