People group profile · PG022811
The Gorontalo of Indonesia
The Gorontalo of Indonesia, numbering about 1,410,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Indonesia (Sulawesi).
They are an indigenous people in the Gorontalo of Sulawesi people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Gorontalo.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 1,410,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Gorontalo of Sulawesi
- Primary language
- Gorontalo (gor)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Minimally Reached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Gorontalo province: widespread along both coasts; North Sulawesi province: Bolaang Mongondow Utara regency, northeast of Gorontalo city
Where they live
Gospel status
The Gorontalo are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years Dispersed Church Planting
Next steps for the Gorontalo
- 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
95% adherents
Primary language
Gorontalo · Austronesian family
76% speak Gorontalo
Gospel resources in Gorontalo
- Bible available, published 2006
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Gorontalo)
Bibles
- Today's Gorontalo Version, 2010 · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Gorontalo
- 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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