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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.

Photo by Google. (2025). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Binokid Manobo

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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Pray for the Binokid Manobo of Philippines

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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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1 film

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Bible Resources in Binukid:

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1 entry

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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

"For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?" But he said "What is impossible with man is possible with God."
readLuke 18:25-27

Pray that the lost who think they have everything they need will recognize their spiritual poverty apart from Jesus and turn to Him in faith.

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
readLuke 13:3

Pray that the lost will repent and believe the gospel, for without it, they will perish.

And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!"
readMark 7:9

Pray that as men, women, boys, and girls place their faith in Christ, they will let go of any traditions that do not honor Him.

He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.
readJohn 1:7

Pray that God will raise up witnesses to testify about Jesus so that all might believe, knowing that He is light and in Him there is no darkness at all.

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

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▼PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Binokid ManoboPG007641Binokid ManoboPhilippines150,000No Longer UnreachedBinukidEthnoreligion

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