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The Kristang of Malaysia

The Kristang of Malaysia, numbering approximately 8,600 people, are Unengaged and Unreached.
They are described as a unique Portuguese Eurasian Creole community centered in Malacca, Malaysia, and Singapore, with diaspora communities in Perth, Australia, and other locations and can also be known as Kristang, Cristão, Papia Kristang, Gente Kristang.
They are an Indigenous people, with Kristang as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Other Southeast Asian people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples.
Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism.
They primarily speak Malaccan Portuguese Creole.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Kristang are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Unreached yet Engaged

The Kristang 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.

No longer Unreached

The Kristang 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.

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