People group profile · PG022731
The Waioli of Indonesia
The Waioli of Indonesia, numbering about 4,900 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a small Papuan-language community of southwestern North Halmahera in Indonesia's Maluku Islands, part of the Sahu language cluster alongside the neighboring Ibu and Gamkonora peoples.
They are an indigenous people in the Maluku-Northern people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Waioli.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 4,900
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Maluku-Northern
- Primary language
- Waioli (wli)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 20% or Greater but Less than 30%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- North Maluku province: northwest Halmahera island coast from Sasu town inland to highland interior
Where they live
Gospel status
The Waioli 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 Waioli
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
52% adherents
Primary language
Waioli · North Halmahera family
76% speak Waioli
Gospel resources in Waioli
- 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 Waioli
- 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.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
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