The Mabaka Valley Kalinga of Philippines

The Mabaka Valley Kalinga of Philippines, numbering approximately 5,800 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Kalinga subgroup of southeastern Kalinga province in the Philippine Cordillera, part of a warrior and tattooing tradition governed through the bodong system of inter-village peace pacts. They mostly adhere to Animism and Mabaka Valley Kalinga is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Philippines
People Cluster: Filipino Tribal
Primary Language(s): Mabaka Valley Kalinga (kkg)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 5,800
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG007720
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

94%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Mabaka Valley Kalinga
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Kalinga, Mabaka Valley Speakers

Media Resources in Mabaka Valley Kalinga:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Mabaka Valley Kalinga:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Mabaka Valley 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 Mabaka Valley 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 Mabaka Valley Kalinga of Philippines

For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
readPsalm 1:6

As many look for hope in worldly pleasures, pray they will hear and accept salvation through Christ, turn from destruction, and experience joy in the way of righteousness.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
read2 Peter 3:9

Pray that the lost will not perish but come to repentance and that God's patience and long-suffering will lead them to salvation.

And many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people. And I will dwell in your midst, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.
readZechariah 2:11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have a heart that longs to see all people from all parts of the world worshiping Jesus as He deserves.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
read2 Peter 3:9

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will patiently endure hardships as they share the gospel, knowing that the Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise.

Kalinga, Mabaka Valley Across Countries (ROP3 - 105962) reported in the following countries:

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