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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

For you, O LORD, are most high over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods.
readPsalm 97:9

Pray that those who don't yet know Him will recognize the Lord as the Most High and turn from spiritual darkness to worship Him above all else.

Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
readPsalm 67:3

Pray that God will be working in people's hearts, give them opportunities to receive the gospel, and bring many to faith in Himself.

But Jesus called them to him, saying "Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God."
readLuke 18:16

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have a burden to share the hope of Christ with children.

In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
readEphesians 1:13-14

Pray that God will work through believers near and far in bringing the lost to Himself, giving them what they need to do the task He has set before them, and helping them rest in Him because He has given them His Spirit.

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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