People group profile · PG022711
The Teluti of Indonesia
The Teluti of Indonesia, numbering about 26,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Austronesian people of the Teluti Bay area on Seram Island in Indonesia's Central Maluku, part of the island's densely fragmented mosaic of small coastal languages and predominantly Sunni Muslim.
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 Sou Nama.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 26,500
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Maluku-Central
- Primary language
- Sou Nama (tlt)
- 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 ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Maluku province: south Seram island, Teluti bay area
Where they live
Gospel status
The Teluti 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 Teluti
- 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
91% adherents
Primary language
Sou Nama · Austronesian family
100% speak Sou Nama
Gospel resources in Sou Nama
- 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 Teluti
- 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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