The Kayapa Kallahan of Philippines

The Kayapa Kallahan of Philippines, numbering approximately 30,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Cordillera people of the Philippines whose ethnogenesis centers on Tinoc in Ifugao Province, long mistaken for an Ifugao subgroup before being recognized as distinct, deriving their name Kalanguya from a phrase meaning what in the world is this. They mostly adhere to Animism and Kalanguya is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Philippines
People Cluster: Filipino Tribal
Primary Language(s): Kalanguya (kak)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 30,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG007712
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

74%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kalanguya
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Kalanguya Speakers

Media Resources in Kalanguya:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Bible Resources in Kalanguya:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
New Tribes Mission 2004✓✓✓

1 entry

Or check out the Kalanguya bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Kayapa Kallahan 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 Kayapa Kallahan:
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 Kayapa Kallahan of Philippines

For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or?rulers?or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
readColossians 1:16

Pray for those who are lost among them, that they will come to know the One who created all things and holds all things together.

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
readRomans 5:10

Pray that God will remove obstacles to the gospel so that many will see the hope He offers through the death, burial, and resurrection of His Son, and be transformed from being enemies to being His friends.

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
readJohn 10:28

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have assurance of eternal life, knowing that no one can snatch them out of the loving hand of Jesus.

And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven."
readMatthew 16:17

Pray that God who is in heaven will place believers in the lives of people who need to encounter the gospel and that He will reveal to them the truth of what they hear.

Kayapa Kallahan Across Countries (ROP3 - 104783) reported in the following countries:

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