People group profile · PG022664
The Jahalatane of Indonesia
The Jahalatane of Indonesia, numbering about 2,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Seram Island community of Maluku whose communal Baileo meeting house, called usali, anchors kinship ties within the Yalahatan hamlet and the broader indigenous Alifuru identity of central Maluku.
They are an indigenous people in the Maluku-Central people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Yalahatan.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 2,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Maluku-Central
- Primary language
- Yalahatan (jal)
- 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 ?
- Minimally Reached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Maluku province: Makulu Tengah regency, south central Seram island coastal area
Where they live
Gospel status
The Jahalatane 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 Jahalatane
- 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
80% adherents
Primary language
Yalahatan · Austronesian family
75% speak Yalahatan
Gospel resources in Yalahatan
- Bible available, published 1990
- 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 Jahalatane
- 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.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
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