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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Sela of Indonesia

The Sela of Indonesia, numbering approximately 7,100 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as a highland Papuan ethnolinguistic community of eastern Papua, Indonesia. They form part of the broader Korupun-Sela (Kimyal) population and maintain a distinct local identity rooted in clan relationships, mountain valleys, and customary lands They are an Indigenous people, with Sela as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the New Guinea people cluster of the Pacific Islander Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism. They primarily speak Korupun-Sela.

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Indonesia
People Cluster: New Guinea
Primary Language(s): Korupun-Sela (kpq)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 7,100
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG023041
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

33%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Korupun-Sela
Language Family: Nuclear Trans New Guinea

100%
%
Korupun-Sela Speakers

Media Resources in Korupun-Sela:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Korupun-Sela:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2009 Indonesian Bible Society✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Korupun-Sela bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Sela 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 Sela:
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 Sela of Indonesia

O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
readPsalm 10:17-18

Pray that God, in accordance with His good character, will give justice to those who are oppressed by sin and that they will know that His offer of salvation is for everyone.

“I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’ to a nation that was not called by my name."
readIsaiah 65:1

Pray that the lost will be found by God, even when they are not seeking Him. Pray that He will reveal Himself to them in a way they cannot ignore and that they will respond in faith.

In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?
readPsalm 56:10-11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the Lord's promises, knowing that He will uphold them with His righteous right hand.

The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”
readJohn 1:35-36

Pray for those God sends to cross cultures to share the gospel, that they might faithfully share the good news of the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

Sela Across Countries (ROP3 - 108805) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
SelaPG023041SelaIndonesia7,100No Longer UnreachedKorupun-SelaProtestantism

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