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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Batad Ifugao of Philippines

The Batad Ifugao of Philippines, numbering approximately 131,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic community of the Philippines They are an Indigenous people, with Ifufao as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Filipino Tribal people cluster of the Malay Peoples. They mostly adhere to Animism and Batad Ifugao is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Philippines
People Cluster: Filipino Tribal
Primary Language(s): Batad Ifugao (ifb)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 131,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG046617
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

94%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Batad Ifugao
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Ifugao, Batad Speakers

Media Resources in Batad Ifugao:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Batad Ifugao:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Batad Ifugao bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Batad Ifugao 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 Batad Ifugao:
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 Batad Ifugao of Philippines

Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the LORD has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted.
readIsaiah 49:13

Thank the Lord for the people here and ask that His gospel will flow through this land to bring hope to those who are afflicted by the guilt of sin.

Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear.
readMatthew 13:8-9

Pray that they will have open hearts and minds to the Word of God, and that it will take root in their lives and bear fruit for His glory.

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
readRomans 12:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will offer their bodies as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable to God, knowing that this is their spiritual worship.

He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
readPsalm 23:3

Pray for believers to go and share the gospel with others here. Ask that God will restore their souls and lead them in paths of righteousness for His name's sake.

Ifufao Across Countries (ROP3 - 103959) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Batad IfugaoPG046617Batad IfugaoPhilippines131,000No Longer UnreachedBatad IfugaoAnimism

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