• PEOPLE NAME: WEJEWA OF INDONESIA

Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Flores-Sumba-Alor

Language: Wejewa - (wew)

Alternate Name(s): Nusa Tenggara Animist Sub-cluster

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Indonesia

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Population: 59,500

Global Population: 59,500


PEID: 22761

ROP: 110817

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical


Overview: The Wejewa of Indonesia, numbering 59,500, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Flores-Sumba-Alor people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Indonesia. Their primary language is Wejewa. The primary religion practiced by the Wejewa is Roman Catholicism, the largest branch of the Christian church and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world. Roman Catholicism teaches that it is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ and that its bishops are the successors of Christ.


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