• PEOPLE NAME: BEKETAN OF INDONESIA

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PEID: 22552

ROP: 101213

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Borneo-Kalimantan

Language: Bukitan - (bkn)

Alternate Name(s): Kalimantan Tribal Sub-cluster, Bukitan

Primary Religion: Christianity - Evangelical Protestant

Country: Indonesia

Also found in: Malaysia

Population: 650

Global Population: 1,075


PEID: 22552

ROP: 101213

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Beketan of Indonesia, numbering 650, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Borneo-Kalimantan people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 1,075 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Bukitan. The primary religion practiced by the Beketan is Evangelical Protestantism, a worldwide trans-denominational movement within Protestant Christianity that believes the essence of the Gospel consists of the doctrine of salvation by grace alone, solely through faith in the atonement of Jesus Christ.


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