People group profile · PG022631
The Barakai of Indonesia
The Barakai of Indonesia, numbering about 5,200 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Indonesia.
They are an indigenous people in the Maluku-Southern people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Barakai.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 5,200
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Maluku-Southern
- Primary language
- Barakai (baj)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 10% or Greater but Less than 15%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Maluku province: Apara, Bemun, Longgar, and Mesiang villages in the south; Barakai island; some on Gomo-Gomo island northeast of Barakai
Where they live
Gospel status
The Barakai 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 Barakai
- 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
Sunni Islam · Islam
50% adherents
Primary language
Barakai · Austronesian family
100% speak Barakai
Gospel resources in Barakai
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not 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 Barakai
- 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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