People group profile · PG022783
The Aralle-Tabulahan of Indonesia
The Aralle-Tabulahan of Indonesia, numbering about 21,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an upland West Sulawesi community rooted in the Mamasa region and historically connected to the Pitu Ulunna Salu alliance.
They are an indigenous people in the Bugi-Makassar of Sulawesi people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Aralle-Tabulahan.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 21,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Bugi-Makassar of Sulawesi
- Primary language
- Aralle-Tabulahan (atq)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- 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
- West Sulawesi province: Mamasa regency, Mambi sub-district, Aralle and Tabulalang towns, 2 separate areas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Aralle-Tabulahan 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 Aralle-Tabulahan
- 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
Sunni Islam · Islam
55% adherents
Primary language
Aralle-Tabulahan · Austronesian family
100% speak Aralle-Tabulahan
Gospel resources in Aralle-Tabulahan
- Bible available, published 2004
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
- 2004 Lembaga Alkitab Indonesia · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Aralle-Tabulahan
- 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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