People group profile · PG022696
The Oirata of Indonesia
The Oirata of Indonesia, numbering about 2,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are the original settlers of Indonesia's Kisar Island by tradition led by the ancestor Hano'o via Timor and the Damar Islands, speaking a Fataluku-related language unlike the island's Austronesian-speaking Meher majority.
They are an indigenous people in the Maluku-Southern people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Oirata.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 2,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Maluku-Southern
- Primary language
- Oirata (oia)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 40% or Greater but Less than 50%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Maluku province: southeast Maluku Barat Daya regency; Kisar island, Oirata village; some in Ambon city
Where they live
Gospel status
The Oirata 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 Oirata
- 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
Protestantism · Christianity
43% adherents
Primary language
Oirata · Timor-Alor-Pantar family
75% speak Oirata
Gospel resources in Oirata
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings 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 Oirata
- 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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