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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Belait of Brunei

The Belait of Brunei, numbering approximately 1,200 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous Bruneian people centered in Belait District, formed from native Belait and Lemeting communities, the latter originating around Sarawak's Tinjar River. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Belait is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Brunei
People Cluster: Borneo-Kalimantan
Primary Language(s): Belait (beg)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 1,200
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG018230
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

58%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Belait
Language Family: Austronesian

75%
%
Belait Speakers

Media Resources in Belait:

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Bible Resources in Belait:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Belait 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 Belait:
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 Belait of Brunei

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 8:1

Pray that God will reassure those who may be struggling with the cost of following Jesus that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
read1 John 1:5

As mobile phones, radio, and satellite television, and other technologies become more available worldwide, pray for people who are developing digital gospel resources so that others can easily access the gospel.

And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be.”
readGenesis 15:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust God to keep His promises.

For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.
read2 Corinthians 1:5

When any who might believe suffer for the sake of the gospel, ask God to deepen their understanding of His grace so that they may share it freely with those who have not received it.

Belait Across Countries (ROP3 - 101219) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BelaitPG018230BelaitBrunei1,200No Longer UnreachedBelaitSunni Islam

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