People group profile · PG022918
The Gilika of Indonesia
The Gilika of Indonesia, numbering about 1,300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Yali people of Highland Papua's isolated Yahukimo Regency, dwelling in the remote In Valley some 2,000 to 2,500 meters above sea level, whose rugged, near-inaccessible terrain has preserved a traditional way of life reachable mainly by air.
They are an indigenous people in the New Guinea people cluster of the Pacific Islander Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Kosarek Yale.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 1,300
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- New Guinea
- Primary language
- Kosarek Yale (kkl)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 40% or Greater but Less than 50%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Papua province: eastern highlands
Where they live
Gospel status
The Gilika 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 Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Gilika
- 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
Protestantism · Christianity
47% adherents
Primary language
Kosarek Yale · Nuclear Trans New Guinea family
100% speak Kosarek Yale
Gospel resources in Kosarek Yale
- Bible available, published 2023
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Gilika
- 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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