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The Agusan Manobo of Philippines

The Agusan Manobo of Philippines, numbering approximately 167,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a tribal community of the Philippines, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Sur, Mindanao. They mostly adhere to Animism and Agusan Manobo is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Agusan Manobo

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Philippines
People Cluster: Filipino Tribal
Primary Language(s): Agusan Manobo (msm)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 167,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG007730
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Pray for the Agusan Manobo of Philippines

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

96%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Agusan Manobo
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Manobo, Agusan Speakers

Media Resources in Agusan Manobo:

Films:
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1 film

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Bible Resources in Agusan Manobo:

Bible Name (Translation) Video Audio Text
1999 Edition ✓

1 entry

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Agusan Manobo 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 Agusan Manobo:
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 Agusan Manobo of Philippines

That they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us.
readActs 17:27

Pray that those who don't yet know Christ will search diligently for God and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed. And the word of the Lord was spreading throughout the whole region.
readActs 13:48-49

Pray that the gospel will spread throughout this whole region and that many will believe and embrace the gift of eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ.

The LORD bless you and keep you.
readNumbers 6:24

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be blessed with God's grace, trusting that He will never abandon them.

To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
read1 Corinthians 9:22

Ask God to raise up believers from around the world to go and share the hope of Jesus with the lost so that they might trust in Him and have the hope of eternal life.

Manobo, Agusan Across Countries (ROP3 - 100129) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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1 people group

Photo People Group ID Name Country Population Strategic Progress Index Language ▲ Religion
Agusan Manobo PG007730 Agusan Manobo Philippines 167,000 No Longer Unreached Agusan Manobo Animism

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