People group profile · PG022562
The Dusun Deyah of Indonesia
The Dusun Deyah of Indonesia, numbering about 37,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Indonesia.
They are an indigenous people in the Barito of Kalimantan people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Dusun Deyah.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 37,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Barito of Kalimantan
- Primary language
- Dusun Deyah (dun)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- 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
- South Kalimantan province: Tabalong river northeast of Bongkang town; into Central Kalimantan province
Where they live
Gospel status
The Dusun Deyah 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 Dusun Deyah
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
70% adherents
Primary language
Dusun Deyah · Austronesian family
100% speak Dusun Deyah
Gospel resources in Dusun Deyah
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Dusun Deyah
- 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.
- 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.
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