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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Magindanao of Philippines

The Magindanao of Philippines, numbering approximately 1,395,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic community of the Philippines They are an Indigenous people, with Maguindanao as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Filipino, Muslim people cluster of the Malay Peoples. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Maguindanaon is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Magindanao

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Philippines
People Cluster: Filipino, Muslim
Primary Language(s): Maguindanaon (mdh)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 1,395,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG007725
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Pray for the Magindanao of Philippines

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Maguindanaon
Language Family: Austronesian

85%
%
Maguindanaon Speakers

Media Resources in Maguindanaon:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Maguindanaon:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Maguindanaon bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Magindanao 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.

Next steps for the Magindanao:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
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

Pray specifically for the Magindanao of Philippines

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
readMatthew 5:44-45

Pray for those who don't know Jesus to encounter believers who are kind and compassionate and that their imitation of Christ will serve as a testimony that attracts lost people to Jesus.

For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.
read2 Timothy 4:3-4

Pray that the lost will be open to the truth of the gospel and turn from false teachings and myths to the sound doctrine of Christ in faith.

How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word.
readPsalm 119:9

Pray that as young men place their faith in Jesus, they will walk in purity and live according to God's Word.

Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
readJohn 12:24

Pray that God will raise up men and women who are willing to die to their own desires, bearing much fruit for the kingdom among individuals and in places where His gospel has not been proclaimed.

Maguindanao Across Countries (ROP3 - 106017) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
MagindanaoPG007725MagindanaoPhilippines1,395,000Engaged yet UnreachedMaguindanaonSunni Islam

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