The Murinbata of Australia

The Murinbata of Australia, numbering approximately 4,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an Aboriginal Australian people of the Wadeye region of the Northern Territory whose traditional country lies between the Moyle and Fitzmaurice river systems and who absorbed the neighboring Muringura into their society They are an Indigenous people, with Murinbata as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Aboriginal Australians people cluster of the Pacific Islander Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism. They primarily speak Murrinh-Patha.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Australia
People Cluster: Aboriginal Australians
Primary Language(s): Murrinh-Patha (mwf)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 4,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG008009
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

45%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Murrinh-Patha
Language Family: Southern Daly

45%
%
Murrinh-Patha Speakers

Media Resources in Murrinh-Patha:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Murrinh-Patha:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Murinbata 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.

Next steps for the Murinbata:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Murinbata of Australia

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readLuke 18:27

Praise God that He is the God of impossible things and that He is able to save even those who seem beyond hope.

Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
readMatthew 6:10

Pray that God's will be done on earth as it is in heaven, and that people will seek His kingdom and righteousness above all else, trusting in His provision.

The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
readLamentations 3:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the goodness of the Lord as they wait on Him to answer their cries for help.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
read1 Corinthians 15:10–11

Pray that God's people will preach the message of Jesus' death and resurrection and that it will spread among the lost through the selfless witness of believers.

Murinbata Across Countries (ROP3 - 106924) reported in the following countries:

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