The Pesisir Lor of Indonesia

The Pesisir Lor of Indonesia, numbering approximately 37,970,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Muslim Javanese coastal people of Central Java's north shore whose Pesisir dialect lacks the vowel shifts of inland Solo and Yogyakarta speech, sharing more culturally with Malay-speaking coastal traders than with Hindu-influenced inland neighbors. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Javanese is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Pesisir Lor

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Indonesia
People Cluster: Jawa
Primary Language(s): Javanese (jav)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 37,970,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, Dispersed CP Activity
People Group ID: PG022428
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

98%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Javanese
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Javanese Speakers

Media Resources in Javanese:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film
The SaviorView Film

3 films

Bible Resources in Javanese:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
New Revised Javanese (formal) Version, 2006✓✓✓

1 entry

Or check out the Javanese bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Pesisir Lor 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 Pesisir Lor:
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 Pesisir Lor of Indonesia

Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.
readIsaiah 45:22

Pray for many lost people to turn to the Lord, finding forgiveness and salvation in Him, for He is the only way to true life and restoration.

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
readIsaiah 43:19

Pray that the lost will see the new thing God can do in their lives and trust in His plan and purpose for them.

Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!
readPsalm 100:3-4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be in awe of the Lord God, their Creator, and will give Him thanksgiving and praise.

Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples!
readPsalm 105:1

Pray that many among them will call on the name of Jesus, develop a heart for the nations, and go to places where the gospel has not yet been received.

Java Pesisir Lor Across Countries (ROP3 - 104221) reported in the following countries:

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