People group profile · PG022889
The Tulambatu of Indonesia
The Tulambatu of Indonesia, numbering about 7,700 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Bungku-dialect people of North Konawe, Southeast Sulawesi, whose oral history traces their founding to migrations from Bungku, Torete, and Buleleng, preserved in the grave of a Tulambatu king and centuries-old relics unique to the village.
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 Bungku.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 7,700
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Bungku-Bajau
- Primary language
- Bungku (bkz)
- 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 ?
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Central Sulawesi province: Bungku Selatan, Bungku Tengah, and Bungku Utara sub-districts, about 45 coastal villages from Mondeodo south to Kendari area; Southeast Sulawesi province: Konawe regency, Asera, Soropia, and Lasolo sub-districts, Tulambatu and
Where they live
Gospel status
The Tulambatu 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 Tulambatu
- 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
Bungku · Austronesian family
76% speak Bungku
Gospel resources in Bungku
- 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 Tulambatu
- 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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