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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Itawit of Philippines

The Itawit of Philippines, numbering approximately 254,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Austronesian people of Cagayan Valley in northern Luzon, closely related to the Ibanag and among the earliest Philippine groups converted to Roman Catholicism under Spanish rule. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Itawit is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Philippines
People Cluster: Filipino Tribal
Primary Language(s): Itawit (itv)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 254,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG007696
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

67%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Itawit
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Itawit Speakers

Media Resources in Itawit:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Itawit:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2009 Scripture Translation for Every People✓✓

1 entry

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Or check out the Itawit bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Itawit 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 Itawit:
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 Itawit of Philippines

For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.
readIsaiah 48:11

Pray that those who have been living for their own glory will turn to the One who is worthy of all praise and find their true identity in Him.

Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
readRomans 2:4

Pray that, in God's kindness and according to His nature, He will lead many to repentance.

I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope.
readPsalm 130:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will wait on the Lord and have patience and trust, knowing His ways and His timing are always perfect.

Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
readActs 17:29

Pray that God will send out laborers to tell people of the one true God and, as the good news is shared, bring about repentance and belief as they turn from idols and follow Jesus.

Itawit Across Countries (ROP3 - 104105) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
ItawitPG007696ItawitPhilippines254,000No Longer UnreachedItawitRoman Catholicism

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