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The Lubuagan Kalinga of Philippines

The Lubuagan Kalinga of Philippines, numbering approximately 43,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous Kalinga people of the southern Cordillera centered on Lubuagan, whose traditional bodong peace-pact system regulates intercommunity relations. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Lubuagan Kalinga is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Philippines
People Cluster: Filipino Tribal
Primary Language(s): Lubuagan Kalinga (knb)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 43,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG007718
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

75%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Lubuagan Kalinga
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Kalinga, Lubuagan Speakers

Media Resources in Lubuagan Kalinga:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Lubuagan Kalinga:

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1 entry

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Lubuagan Kalinga 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 Lubuagan Kalinga:
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 Lubuagan Kalinga of Philippines

For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm!
readPsalm 47:7

Pray for those who live for idols that will never satisfy their hearts, asking that someone will tell them that God is the King of all the earth so that they will turn to Him in repentance and praise.

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.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
read2 Corinthians 9:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust God in all things, especially in times of persecution.

Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who stand by night in the house of the LORD!
readPsalm 134:1

Pray that God will raise up believers among them who are in awe of Him and that, in service to Him, they will share the gospel with others so that they too may bless the Lord!

Kalinga, Lubuagan Across Countries (ROP3 - 105902) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Lubuagan KalingaPG007718Lubuagan KalingaPhilippines43,000No Longer UnreachedLubuagan KalingaRoman Catholicism

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