People group profile · PG023029
The Roon of Indonesia
The Roon of Indonesia, numbering about 1,600 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous Austronesian ethnolinguistic community of Roon Island and the southern Cenderawasih Bay coast in West Papua, Indonesia, speaking the Roon language of the South Halmahera-West New Guinea language family.
They are an indigenous people in the Malay people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Roon.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 1,600
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Malay
- Primary language
- Roon (rnn)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 10% or Greater but Less than 15%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Also known as
- Ron
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- West Papua province: Roon island west of Cenderawasih bay
Where they live
Gospel status
The Roon 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 Roon
- 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
85% adherents
Primary language
Roon · Austronesian family
76% speak Roon
Gospel resources in Roon
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings 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 Roon
- 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.
- 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.
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