People group profile · PG022547
The Bakumpai of Indonesia
The Bakumpai of Indonesia, numbering about 130,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Dayak Ngaju-related people of the Barito River basin in Kalimantan whose identity developed through a distinct Bakumpai heritage and long association with the riverine communities of central and southern Borneo.
They are an indigenous people in the Barito of Kalimantan people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Bakumpai.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 130,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Barito of Kalimantan
- Primary language
- Bakumpai (bkr)
- 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
- Central Kalimantan province: Barito Selatan, and Barito Utara, and Kapuas regencies, Kapuas and Barito rivers; possibly southernmost Murung Raya regency
Where they live
Gospel status
The Bakumpai 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 Bakumpai
- 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
85% adherents
Primary language
Bakumpai · Austronesian family
100% speak Bakumpai
Gospel resources in Bakumpai
- Bible available, published 2021
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories available
Films
- JESUS (Bakumpai)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Bakumpai
- 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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