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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Kristang of Malaysia

The Kristang of Malaysia, numbering approximately 8,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a unique Portuguese Eurasian Creole community centered in Malacca, Malaysia, and Singapore, with diaspora communities in Perth, Australia, and other locationsKristang, Cristão, Papia Kristang, Gente Kristang They are an Indigenous people, in the Other Southeast Asian people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Christianity - Roman Catholicism. They primarily speak Malaccan Portuguese Creole.

Malaccan Creole Portuguese in Malaysia photo
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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
Country: Malaysia
People Cluster: Other Southeast Asian
Primary Language(s): Malaccan Portuguese Creole (mcm)
Primary Religion(s): Christianity - Roman Catholicism
Population: 8,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity
People Group ID: PG020133
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Christianity - Roman Cath… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Malaccan Portuguese Creole
Language Family: Indo-European

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Malaccan Portuguese Creole Speakers

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Next steps for the Kristang

The Kristang are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

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Next steps for the Kristang

The Kristang are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Next steps for the Kristang

The Kristang 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.

Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Kristang of Malaysia

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christóby grace you have been saved.
readEphesians 2:4-5

Pray that those who have not yet received new life will be made alive together with Christ, saved by grace and raised up with Him to newness of life.

If I ascend to heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
readPsalm 139:8

Pray that the lost will recognize God's presence with them wherever they go, put their faith in Christ, and seek to live in a way that honors and glorifies Him.

But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.
readIsaiah 53:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will find comfort and spiritual healing as they remember the wounds of Christ, who understands their suffering because He also walked through suffering on their behalf.

He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.
readJohn 1:7

Pray that God will raise up witnesses to testify about Jesus so that all might believe, knowing that He is light and in Him there is no darkness at all.

Kristang (ROP3 - 105316) reported in the following countries:

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