The Mid Grand Valley Dani of Indonesia

The Mid Grand Valley Dani of Indonesia, numbering approximately 77,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Dani people of Indonesia's central New Guinea highlands centered in the middle Baliem Valley, traditionally organized into patrilineal clans and political alliances. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Mid Grand Valley Dani is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Dani, Mid Grand Valley

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Indonesia
People Cluster: New Guinea
Primary Language(s): Mid Grand Valley Dani (dnt)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 77,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG022900
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

68%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Mid Grand Valley Dani
Language Family: Nuclear Trans New Guinea

100%
%
Dani, Mid Grand Valley Speakers

Media Resources in Mid Grand Valley Dani:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Mid Grand Valley Dani:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1990 The British and Foreign Bible Society✓✓

1 entry

Or check out the Mid Grand Valley Dani bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Mid Grand Valley Dani 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 Mid Grand Valley Dani:
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 Mid Grand Valley Dani of Indonesia

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRom 6:23

Pray that those who haven't heard yet will hear and believe that the wages of their sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

...And that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
readLuke 24:47

Pray that the message of repentance and forgiveness through Jesus will reach everyone.

No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God.
readRomans 4:20

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will not waver but will grow strong in their belief, knowing that the Lord rewards those who seek Him.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
readJohn 3:16

Pray that God will send and sustain believers to cross cultures and share the gospel with the lost. Ask that He will give them His heart for the lost and that many will believe in Him and not perish but have eternal life.

Dani, Mid Grand Valley Across Countries (ROP3 - 102436) reported in the following countries:

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