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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Achenese of United States

The Achenese of United States, numbering approximately 400 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic community of Indonesia (Sumatra) They are an Diaspora people, with Acehnese as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Aceh of Sumatra people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam. They primarily speak Aceh.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Achenese

Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Aceh of Sumatra
Primary Language(s): Aceh (ace)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 400
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG047659

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

90%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Aceh
Language Family:

80%
%
Aceh Speakers

Media Resources in Aceh:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Aceh:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Today's Aceh Version, 1997✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Aceh bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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Explore Lostness and Next Steps

Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Achenese:
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Pray specifically for the Achenese of United States

You visit the earth and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide their grain, for so you have prepared it.
readPsalm 65:9

Give thanks for God's provision in nature, and pray that those who don't know Him will recognize His hand, desire to know their Creator, and hear the truth that Jesus is the solution to the world's greatest need.

For your steadfast love is great to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.
readPsalm 57:10

Pray that God will work, even in the hearts of hard-to-reach people, and that they will rejoice in His steadfast love and faithfulness.

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

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and suffer for their faith, they will sing for joy and be glad in their hearts because the Lord has compassion on them.

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.
readJohn 1:12

Pray that believers will have the opportunity to clearly share the good news with the lost here, so that all people can be invited to trust in Jesus and become children of God.

Acehnese Across Countries (ROP3 - 100036) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
AcehnesePG022477AcehneseIndonesia4,870,000Engaged yet UnreachedAcehSunni Islam
AchenesePG047659AcheneseUnited States400Unengaged and UnreachedAcehSunni Islam

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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