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The Bangingi Sama of Philippines

The Bangingi Sama of Philippines, numbering approximately 64,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic group indigenous to Balanguingui Island of the Philippines. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Balangingi is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Bangingi Sama

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Philippines
People Cluster: Filipino, Muslim
Primary Language(s): Balangingi (sse)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 64,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG007635
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Pray for the Bangingi Sama of Philippines

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Balangingi
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Sama, Balangingih Speakers

Media Resources in Balangingi:

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Bible Resources in Balangingi:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Bangingi Sama 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.

Next steps for the Bangingi Sama:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Bangingi Sama of Philippines

"For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?" But he said "What is impossible with man is possible with God."
readLuke 18:25-27

Pray that the lost who think they have everything they need will recognize their spiritual poverty apart from Jesus and turn to Him in faith.

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst."
readJohn 6:35

Pray that the lost will come to Jesus and believe in Him, never to hunger or thirst again.

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
readRomans 6:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will lead those who might hesitate in getting baptized to trust Him as they obey His command, even when obedience is hard.

For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
readRomans 12:4-5

Ask God to send believers to people in other cultures and to help them use their gifts in harmony with others so that the body of Christ may be built up.

Sama Banguingui Across Countries (ROP3 - 107461) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Bangingi SamaPG009308Bangingi SamaMalaysia90,000Unengaged and UnreachedBalangingiSunni Islam
Bangingi SamaPG007635Bangingi SamaPhilippines64,000Engaged yet UnreachedBalangingiSunni Islam

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