People group profile · PG022689
The Mangole of Indonesia
The Mangole of Indonesia, numbering about 9,700 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a clan subgroup of the Austronesian Sula people on Mangole Island in Indonesia's Sula archipelago, once a vassal of the Tidore and Ternate sultanates, sustained by fishing, sago gathering, and the customary sasi harvest system.
They are an indigenous people in the Maluku-Northern people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Mangole.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 9,700
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Maluku-Northern
- Primary language
- Mangole (mqc)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC ?
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- North Maluku province: Sula islands on Mangole island south coast, south to Sula Besi island south tip
Where they live
Gospel status
The Mangole are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Mangole
- 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
92% adherents
Primary language
Mangole · Afro-Asiatic family
100% speak Mangole
Gospel resources in Mangole
- 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 Mangole
- 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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