People group profile · PG022771
The Rotinese of Indonesia
The Rotinese of Indonesia, numbering about 39,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Austronesian ethnolinguistic people belonging to the Rotenese (Roti/Rote) population of Rote Island, the southernmost island of Indonesia, located just southwest of Timor in East Nusa Tenggara Province (Nusa Tenggara Timur).
They are an indigenous people in the Timor people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Termanu.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 39,500
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Timor
- Primary language
- Termanu (twu)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 15% or Greater but Less than 20%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- East Nusa Tenggara province: Bokai, Keka, Korbafo, Talae, and Termanu areas on central Rote island
Where they live
Gospel status
The Rotinese 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 Rotinese
- 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
Primary language
Termanu · Austronesian family
100% speak Termanu
Gospel resources in Termanu
- Bible available, published 2019
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- Today's Rote Version, 2004 · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Rotinese
- 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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