The Binokid Manobo of Philippines

The Binokid Manobo of Philippines, numbering approximately 150,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Western Bukidnon Manobo people of Mindanao's Bukidnon highlands whose epic Ulahingan tradition recounts the hero Agyu leading their ancestors inland from the coast, organized in small datu-led hamlets. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Binukid is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Philippines
People Cluster: Filipino Tribal
Primary Language(s): Binukid (bkd)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 150,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG007641
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

60%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Binukid
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Binukid Speakers

Media Resources in Binukid:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

Bible Resources in Binukid:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

Or check out the Binukid bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Binokid Manobo 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 Binokid Manobo:
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 Binokid Manobo of Philippines

I am the LORD, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me, that people may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.
readIsaiah 45:5-6

Pray that the lost among them will be delivered from the confusion of false beliefs and come to know the one true God who alone brings light and purpose to their lives.

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.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
readPsalm 27:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will strengthen them when they face persecution of any kind for Jesus' name’s sake.

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
readMatthew 28:19-20

Ask God to bring people among this group to faith in Jesus who will be obedient to make disciples of all nations, baptizing them and teaching them to obey all that Christ has commanded.

Binukid Across Countries (ROP3 - 101469) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

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