People group profile · PG022693
The North Nuaulu of Indonesia
The North Nuaulu of Indonesia, numbering about 750 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Alifuru highland people of Seram Island in Indonesia's Maluku Islands, named for the headwaters of the Nua River, forcibly relocated to the coast by Dutch colonial authorities after retaining headhunting customs into the 1940s.
They are an indigenous people in the Maluku-Central people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak North Nuaulu.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 750
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Maluku-Central
- Primary language
- North Nuaulu (nni)
- 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
- Maluku province: 2 villages on Seram island, central north coast and inland, and Saleman bay
Where they live
Gospel status
The North Nuaulu 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 North Nuaulu
- 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
82% adherents
Primary language
North Nuaulu · Austronesian family
76% speak North Nuaulu
Gospel resources in North Nuaulu
- 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 North Nuaulu
- 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.
- 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.
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