People group profile · PG023040
The Sekar of Indonesia
The Sekar of Indonesia, numbering about 900 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a coastal Austronesian ethnolinguistic community of the Onin Peninsula in Southwest Papua, Indonesia. They maintain a distinct identity rooted in maritime traditions, clan networks, customary lands, and the historical Kingdom of Sekar.
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 Sekar.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 900
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- New Guinea
- Primary language
- Sekar (skz)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 75% or Greater
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- West Papua province: Fakfak regency, Kokas area on northwest Bomberai peninsula coast; Ogar island
Where they live
Gospel status
The Sekar 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 Sekar
- 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
76% adherents
Primary language
Sekar · Austronesian family
76% speak Sekar
Gospel resources in Sekar
- 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 Sekar
- 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.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
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