People group profile · PG023127
The Naueti of Timor-Leste
The Naueti of Timor-Leste, numbering about 20,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an endangered Austronesian people of Babulo village on Timor-Leste's southeastern coast, whose Beasu-area community descends by local account from war captives traded to coastal settlements for firearms, organized around ritual houses tied to the sea.
They are an indigenous people in the Timor people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism, and they primarily speak Nauete.
Fast facts
- Country
- Timor-Leste
- Population
- 20,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Timor
- Primary language
- Nauete (nxa)
- Primary religion
- Roman Catholicism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC ?
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Naueti are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Naueti
- 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
Roman Catholicism · Christianity
75% adherents
Primary language
Nauete · Austronesian family
100% speak Nauete
Gospel resources in Nauete
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings 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 Naueti
- 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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