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The Batad Ifugao of Philippines

The Batad Ifugao of Philippines, numbering approximately 131,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous Ifugao community of Batad in Banaue, northern Luzon, whose mountain homeland is shaped by rice terraces sustained through inherited farming knowledge, sacred traditions, and community stewardship. 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

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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

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
readMatthew 24:14

Pray that the message of hope will reach those who are wandering in darkness, offering them a path to eternal life.

Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward.
readPsalm 127:3

Pray that God will bless this generation of children, that they will come to know Jesus early in life and follow Him always.

Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
readColossians 2:6-7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be rooted and built up in Him, abounding in thanksgiving for the grace and mercy He has shown them.

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
readMatthew 9:37-38

Pray that the Lord of the harvest will raise up believers to send out into His harvest field, which is ripe and ready.

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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