People group profile · PG022793
The Bintauna of Indonesia
The Bintauna of Indonesia, numbering about 11,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Indonesia.
They are an indigenous people in the Minahasa-Sangir of Sulawesi people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Bintauna.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 11,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Minahasa-Sangir of Sulawesi
- Primary language
- Bintauna (bne)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC ?
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- North Sulawesi province: Bolaang Mongondou Utara regency, Bintauna town and inland; Celebes Sea
Where they live
Gospel status
The Bintauna are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years Concentrated Church Planting
Next steps for the Bintauna
- 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
99% adherents
Primary language
Bintauna · Austronesian family
75% speak Bintauna
Gospel resources in Bintauna
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Bintauna
- 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.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
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