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

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 8:1

Pray that God will reassure those who may be struggling with the cost of following Jesus that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
readHebrews 4:12

Pray for God's Word to be accessible to everyone in this people group in a way they will resonate with so that many will engage with it, receive it, and share it with others.

Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation.
readPsalm 111:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will praise the Lord with their whole heart in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation.

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
readJohn 1:5

Pray that when discouraging days come, those who cross cultures for the sake of the gospel will be comforted as they remember that the light of Christ is stronger than the darkness that surrounds them.

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

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1 people group

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