The Angguruk Yali of Indonesia

The Angguruk Yali of Indonesia, numbering approximately 22,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Yali highland people centered around Angguruk in Yahukimo, where steep valleys and isolation shaped small farming villages. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Angguruk Yali is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Indonesia
People Cluster: New Guinea
Primary Language(s): Angguruk Yali (yli)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 22,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG022445
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

41%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Angguruk Yali
Language Family: Nuclear Trans New Guinea

100%
%
Yali, Angguruk Speakers

Media Resources in Angguruk Yali:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Angguruk Yali:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Today’s Yali Angguruk Version, 1998✓✓✓

1 entry

Or check out the Angguruk Yali bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Angguruk Yali 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 Angguruk Yali:
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 Angguruk Yali of Indonesia

Only in the LORD, it shall be said of me, are righteousness and strength; to him shall come and be ashamed all who were incensed against him.
readIsaiah 45:24

Pray that those who are weary and burdened by their own righteousness will find rest in the righteousness that comes through faith in Christ alone.

Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia."
readRomans 16:5

Pray for houses to be meeting places for Christians and that God will advance the gospel and grow His Church through natural familial and community relationships.

"And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you"...And the King will answer them, "Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me."
readMatthew 25:38-40

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and serve others in faithfulness to Him, they will know that by serving others, they are serving Jesus, who is present with 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.

Yali, Angguruk Across Countries (ROP3 - 110946) reported in the following countries:

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