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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Kolana-Wersin of Indonesia

The Kolana-Wersin of Indonesia, numbering approximately 78,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic community of Indonesia They are an Indigenous people, with Kolana-Wersin as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Flores-Sumba-Alor people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism. They primarily speak Wersing.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Kolana-Wersin

Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Indonesia
People Cluster: Flores-Sumba-Alor
Primary Language(s): Wersing (kvw)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 78,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG022755
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

37%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Wersing
Language Family: Timor-Alor-Pantar

100%
%
Wersing Speakers

Media Resources in Wersing:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Wersing:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2020 Unit Bahasa dan Budaya (UBB)✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Wersing bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Kolana-Wersin 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 Kolana-Wersin:
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 Kolana-Wersin of Indonesia

Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me! O LORD, be my helper!
readPsalm 30:10

Pray that people in the depths of despair and suffering and living outside of relationship with Christ will cry out to the Lord and find help, peace, and joy in Him.

But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.
readMark 4:20

Pray that those who have never encountered the gospel will have the opportunity to receive it, and that it will fall on good soil and bear much fruit.

This God - his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.
readPsalm 18:30

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have access to His Word and the ability to understand it, so that they can grow in their faith and find refuge in Him.

May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, that your way may be known on earth, your saving power among all nations.
readPsalm 67:1-2

Pray that as God blesses believers from among this people group or from nearby cultures, He will raise them up to share His saving power among the nations.

Kolana-Wersin Across Countries (ROP3 - 105118) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Kolana-WersinPG022755Kolana-WersinIndonesia78,500No Longer UnreachedWersingProtestantism

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