People group profile · PG047515
The Miyako-Irabu of Japan
The Miyako-Irabu of Japan, numbering about 65,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Japan.
They are an indigenous people in the Japanese people cluster of the East Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Shinbutsu-Shugo, and they primarily speak Japanese.
Fast facts
- Country
- Japan
- Population
- 65,500
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Japanese
- Primary language
- Japanese (jpn)
- Primary religion
- Shinbutsu-Shugo
- 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
- Minimally Reached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Miyako-Irabu 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 Miyako-Irabu
- 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
Shinbutsu-Shugo · Ethnoreligion
97% adherents
Primary language
Japanese · Japonic family
100% speak Japanese
Gospel resources in Japanese
- Bible available, published 2018
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
- Japanese Contemporary Bible · video
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Miyako-Irabu
- 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.
- 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.
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