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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The B'laan Sarangani of Philippines

The B'laan Sarangani of Philippines, numbering approximately 149,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of the Philipines, Mindanao, South Cotabato province: Sarangani; Davao Del Sur Province and can also be known as Balud. They are an Indigenous people, in the Filipino Tribal people cluster of the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion. They primarily speak Blaan, Sarangani.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Peoples
Country: Philippines
People Cluster: Filipino Tribal
Primary Language(s): Blaan, Sarangani (bps)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 149,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG007626

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Blaan, Sarangani
Language Family: Austronesian

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Blaan, Sarangani Speakers

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Next steps for the B'laan Sarangani

The B'laan Sarangani are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

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Next steps for the B'laan Sarangani

The B'laan Sarangani are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

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Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Next steps for the B'laan Sarangani

The B'laan Sarangani are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the B'laan Sarangani of Philippines

Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.
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Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
readRomans 2:4

Pray that, in God's kindness and according to His nature, He will lead many to repentance.

Oh, fear the LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him have no lack!
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Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be grounded in the Word, always trusting in the Lord's provision for their needs.

So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God who has mercy.
readRomans 9:16

Ask God to raise up people who will trust in His sovereignty as they share the gospel, knowing that it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God who has mercy.

Sarangani Bilaan reported in the following countries (ROP3):

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