People group profile · PG022601
The Punan Tubu of Indonesia
The Punan Tubu of Indonesia, numbering about 3,700 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Indonesia.
They are an indigenous people in the Borneo-Kalimantan people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Punan Tubu.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 3,700
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Borneo-Kalimantan
- Primary language
- Punan Tubu (puj)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC ?
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- East Kalimantan province: Malinau, Mentarang, and Sembakung river areas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Punan Tubu are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Punan Tubu
- 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
96% adherents
Primary language
Punan Tubu · Austronesian family
76% speak Punan Tubu
Gospel resources in Punan Tubu
- Bible available, published 2023
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories available
Films
- JESUS (Punan Tubu)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Punan Tubu
- 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.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
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