People group profile · PG022910
The Dusner of Indonesia
The Dusner of Indonesia, numbering about 90 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a small coastal community of Dusner village in West Papua, part of the wider Wamesa-speaking peoples of Wandamen Bay, whose own Dusner language has dwindled to only three remaining speakers, traditionally subsisting on sago and seafood.
They are an indigenous people in the New Guinea people cluster of the Pacific Islander Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Wamesa.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 90
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- New Guinea
- Primary language
- Wamesa (wad)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 20% or Greater but Less than 30%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- West Papua province: Teluk Wondama regency
Where they live
Gospel status
The Dusner 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 No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Dusner
- 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
70% adherents
Primary language
Wamesa · Austronesian family
100% speak Wamesa
Gospel resources in Wamesa
- Bible available, published 1994
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Wondama)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Dusner
- 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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