• PEOPLE NAME: IDATE OF TIMOR-LESTE

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PEID: 23121

ROP: 103949

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Timor

Language: Idaté - (idt)

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Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Timor-Leste

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Population: 17,000

Global Population: 17,000


PEID: 23121

ROP: 103949

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity


Overview: The Idate of Timor-Leste, numbering 17,000, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the Timor people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Timor-Leste. Their primary language is Idaté. The primary religion practiced by the Idate 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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