People group profile · PG022582
The Kutai of Indonesia
The Kutai of Indonesia, numbering about 387,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Indonesia.
They are an indigenous people in the Banjar of Kalimantan people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Tenggarong Kutai Malay.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 387,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Banjar of Kalimantan
- Primary language
- Tenggarong Kutai Malay (vkt)
- 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
- Pioneer Unreached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- East Kalimantan province: Mahakam river basin east to Celebes Sea coast, north from Cape Pandan along coast south to Samarinda city area
Where they live
Gospel status
The Kutai 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 Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Kutai
- 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
99% adherents
Primary language
Tenggarong Kutai Malay · Austronesian family
100% speak Tenggarong Kutai Malay
Gospel resources in Tenggarong Kutai Malay
- Bible available, published 2020
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories available
Films
- JESUS (Malay, Tenggarong Kutai)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Kutai
- 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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