People group profile · PG022991
The Meoswar of Indonesia
The Meoswar of Indonesia, numbering about 375 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a small island people, also known as Roswar, living in the villages of Waprak, Nordiwar, Yomber, and Syeiwar on Roswar Island in West Papua's Teluk Wondama Regency, their threatened language now subject to government preservation efforts.
They are an indigenous people in the Malay people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Meoswar.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 375
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Malay
- Primary language
- Meoswar (mvx)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- 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: Meoswar island, west Cenderawasih bay
Where they live
Gospel status
The Meoswar 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 Meoswar
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
65% adherents
Primary language
Meoswar · Austronesian family
76% speak Meoswar
Gospel resources in Meoswar
- 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 Meoswar
- 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.
- 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.
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