People group profile · PG022736
The Trangan Barat of Indonesia
The Trangan Barat of Indonesia, numbering about 9,200 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Tarangan people of the Aru Islands whose west-coast villages signed a trading contract with the Dutch in 1623, predating a permanent Dutch fort built on nearby Wokam Island in 1659, later occupied by Japan in 1942 before joining Indonesia in 1949.
They are an indigenous people in the Maluku-Southern people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak West Tarangan.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 9,200
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Maluku-Southern
- Primary language
- West Tarangan (txn)
- 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: south Aru islands, Tarangan island west coast
Where they live
Gospel status
The Trangan Barat 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 Trangan Barat
- 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
51% adherents
Primary language
West Tarangan · Austronesian family
100% speak West Tarangan
Gospel resources in West Tarangan
- Bible available, published 2008
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Trangan Barat
- 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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