People group profile · PG022751
The Kelong of Indonesia
The Kelong of Indonesia, numbering about 18,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous non-Austronesian people of western Alor Island whose identity is rooted in the Klon language and former ties to the Kui polity, while preserving distinct village traditions within the wider Alor-Pantar cultural region.
They are an indigenous people in the Flores-Sumba-Alor people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Kelon.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 18,500
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Flores-Sumba-Alor
- Primary language
- Kelon (kyo)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 30% or Greater but Less than 40%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- East Nusa Tenggara province: Alor regency, Halerman, Manatang, Margera, Probur, Probur Utara, and Tribur villages
Where they live
Gospel status
The Kelong 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 Kelong
- 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
32% adherents
Primary language
Kelon · Timor-Alor-Pantar family
76% speak Kelon
Gospel resources in Kelon
- Bible available, published 2020
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 2020 Unit Bahasa dan Budaya (UBB) · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Kelong
- 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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