People group profile · PG046612
The Pulangiyen Manobo of the Philippines
The Pulangiyen Manobo of the Philippines, numbering about 10,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Western Bukidnon Manobo people named for their settlement along the Pulangi River, documented since the early 1800s as forest-dwelling hunter-gatherers who retreated deeper into the mountains during tribal wars.
They are an indigenous people in the Filipino Tribal people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Western Bukidnon Manobo.
Fast facts
- Country
- Philippines
- Population
- 10,500
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Filipino Tribal
- Primary language
- Western Bukidnon Manobo (mbb)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC ?
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Pulangiyen Manobo are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Pulangiyen Manobo
- 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
75% adherents
Primary language
Western Bukidnon Manobo · Austronesian family
100% speak Western Bukidnon Manobo
Gospel resources in Western Bukidnon Manobo
- Bible available, published 2016
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Manobo, Western Bukidnon)
Bibles
- 2001 WPS · video, audio, text
- Is Lalag te Megbevayà · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Pulangiyen Manobo
- 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.
- 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.
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