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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Banten of Indonesia

The Banten of Indonesia, numbering approximately 3,795,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a people of Indonesia. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Sundanese is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Banten

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Indonesia
People Cluster: Sunda-Betawi of Java
Primary Language(s): Sundanese (sun)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 3,795,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, Concentrated CP Activity
People Group ID: PG022422
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Pray for the Banten of Indonesia

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

95%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Sundanese
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Sunda Speakers

Media Resources in Sundanese:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Sundanese:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Today's Version 1991 (Nganggo Basa Sunda Sadidinten)✓✓✓
Today's Version, 1997✓✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Sundanese bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Banten 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.

Next steps for the Banten:
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

Pray specifically for the Banten of Indonesia

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 Christ—by 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.

Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
readPsalm 47:6

Pray that believers will have a heart to invite others to trust in Christ alone so that they might sing praises to His name.

And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
readActs 2:46-47

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be devoted to the teaching of God's Word, to fellowship with one another, and to prayer.

For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
readRomans 12:4-5

Ask God to send believers to people in other cultures and to help them use their gifts in harmony with others so that the body of Christ may be built up.

Sunda Banten Across Countries (ROP3 - 116472) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BantenPG022422BantenIndonesia3,795,000Engaged yet UnreachedSundaneseSunni Islam

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