People group profile · PG022716
The Tabaru of Indonesia
The Tabaru of Indonesia, numbering about 22,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a small non-Austronesian people of interior West Halmahera in North Maluku, Indonesia, historically subordinate to the larger neighboring Tobelo, farming nutmeg, clove and coconut in the legacy of the Moluccas' spice trade.
They are an indigenous people in the Maluku-Northern people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Tabaru.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 22,500
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Maluku-Northern
- Primary language
- Tabaru (tby)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 50% or Greater but Less than 75%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- North Maluku province: West Halmahera regency, Ibu, Jailolo, and Oba sub-districts
Where they live
Gospel status
The Tabaru 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 Tabaru
- 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
52% adherents
Primary language
Tabaru · North Halmahera family
100% speak Tabaru
Gospel resources in Tabaru
- Bible available, published 2008
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- Today's Tabaru Version, 2008 · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Tabaru
- 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.
- 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.
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