People group profile · PG022765
The Ndao of Indonesia
The Ndao of Indonesia, numbering about 7,100 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Indonesia.
They are an indigenous people in the Timor people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Dhao.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 7,100
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Timor
- Primary language
- Dhao (nfa)
- 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
- East Nusa Tenggara province: Rote Ndao regency, Ndao island off western tip of Rote island; scattered settlements on Rote and Timor islands
Where they live
Gospel status
The Ndao 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 Ndao
- 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
61% adherents
Primary language
Dhao · Austronesian family
100% speak Dhao
Gospel resources in Dhao
- Bible available, published 2012
- 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 Ndao
- 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.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
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