People group profile · PG022567
The Kahaian of Indonesia
The Kahaian of Indonesia, numbering about 83,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Ngaju Dayak people who call themselves oloh Kahayan, or person of the Kahayan, whose river homeland in Central Kalimantan hosted the 1894 Tumbang Anoi Agreement uniting all Dayak tribes in peace.
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 Ngaju.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 83,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Barito of Kalimantan
- Primary language
- Ngaju (nij)
- 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
- Central Kalimantan province: Gunung Mas, Kapuas, Katingan, Kota Palangkaraya, Kotawaringin Timur, and Pulang Pisau regencies; headwaters of Kahayan, Kapuas, Katingan, and Mentaya rivers
Where they live
Gospel status
The Kahaian 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 Kahaian
- 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
Ngaju · Austronesian family
100% speak Ngaju
Gospel resources in Ngaju
- Bible available, published 2005
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Dayak Ngaju)
Bibles
- Today's Dayak Ngaju Version · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Kahaian
- 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.
- 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.
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