The Kaidipang of Indonesia

The Kaidipang of Indonesia, numbering approximately 33,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic community of Indonesia They are an Indigenous people, with Kaidipang as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Gorontalo of Sulawesi people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam. They primarily speak Kaidipang.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Kaidipang

Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Indonesia
People Cluster: Gorontalo of Sulawesi
Primary Language(s): Kaidipang (kzp)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 33,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG022814
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

70%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kaidipang
Language Family: Austronesian

75%
%
Kaidipang Speakers

Media Resources in Kaidipang:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Kaidipang:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Kaidipang 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 Kaidipang:
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 Kaidipang of Indonesia

For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
readPsalm 96:5

Pray that those who are seeking after worthless idols will not be satisfied until they seek the truth and find it in Christ.

And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed"
readGalatians 3:8

Ask the Lord to fulfill His promise to Abraham that all nations would be blessed by advancing the gospel to every people group who has yet to receive it.

Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.
readMatthew 18:19

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they find other believers to pray with, and that they will trust God to answer their requests according to His will.

And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.
readMark 5:20

Pray that God will bring people who appear beyond hope to faith in Jesus and that they will then go and tell others of the marvelous things He has done.

Kaidipang Across Countries (ROP3 - 104413) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

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