The Casiguran Dumagat of Philippines

The Casiguran Dumagat of Philippines, numbering approximately 950 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Negrito people of Luzon's San Ildefonso Peninsula in the Philippines, among the islands' earliest inhabitants, whose ancestral forest land shrank from near-total control before World War Two to a small landless remnant today. They mostly adhere to Animism and Casiguran Dumagat Agta is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Philippines
People Cluster: Filipino Tribal
Primary Language(s): Casiguran Dumagat Agta (dgc)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 950
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG007650
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

85%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Casiguran Dumagat Agta
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Agta, Casiguran Dumagat Speakers

Media Resources in Casiguran Dumagat Agta:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Casiguran Dumagat Agta:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Casiguran Dumagat 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 Casiguran Dumagat:
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

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All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
readIsaiah 53:6

Pray that those who have wandered far from God will be drawn back to Him, recognizing their need for a Savior and finding forgiveness and new life in Christ.

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
readIsaiah 43:19

Pray that the lost will see the new thing God can do in their lives and trust in His plan and purpose for them.

But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect.
read1 Peter 3:15

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will always be prepared to share the reason for the hope that they have in Jesus with gentleness and respect.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRomans 6:23

Pray that God will bring people to faith who are excited about the eternal life they have in Christ and will want to cross cultures to share this hope with others.

Dumagat, Casiguran Across Countries (ROP3 - 101894) reported in the following countries:

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