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

Pray specifically for the Casiguran Dumagat of Philippines

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
readJohn 3:14-15

Pray that the lost among them will look to the One lifted up on the cross, believing in Him and receiving eternal life.

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
readMatthew 11:28-29

Please pray for them to lift their eyes to Jesus and find rest for their souls, lasting peace, and hope in Him.

O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
readPsalm 51:15

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will abide in Him, and God will help them to proclaim His praise and declare His goodness all day long.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
read1 John 1:5

Pray that God will raise up believers who can share the gospel with people who don't know the good news of Jesus, that God is light and in him, there is no darkness at all.

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

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