People group profile · PG022846
The Mori Atas of Indonesia
The Mori Atas of Indonesia, numbering about 21,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Indonesia.
They are an indigenous people in the Bungku-Bajau people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Mori Atas.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 21,500
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Bungku-Bajau
- Primary language
- Mori Atas (mzq)
- 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
- Central Sulawesi province: Lembo, Mori Atas, and Petasia sub-districts, 25 villages on southeast peninsula neck; South Sulawesi province: Nuha sub-district
Where they live
Gospel status
The Mori Atas 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 No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Mori Atas
- 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
90% adherents
Primary language
Mori Atas · Austronesian family
76% speak Mori Atas
Gospel resources in Mori Atas
- Bible available, published 2010
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Tambee)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Mori Atas
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
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