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The Bapu of Indonesia

The Bapu of Indonesia, numbering approximately 3,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnic community of Papua associated with Anasi (Bapu), whose documented homeland is in the Mamberamo Raya area along the eastern side of Cenderawasih Bay. They mostly adhere to Animism and Anasi is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Bapu

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Indonesia
People Cluster: New Guinea
Primary Language(s): Anasi (bpo)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 3,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG022462
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

52%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Anasi
Language Family: Bookkeeping

76%
%
Anasi Speakers

Media Resources in Anasi:

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Bible Resources in Anasi:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Bapu 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 Bapu:
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 Bapu of Indonesia

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRom 6:23

Pray that those who haven't heard yet will hear and believe that the wages of their sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.
readPsalm 66:5

Pray that many here will come and see what the Creator God has done on their behalf.

In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
readJohn 14:2-3

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will persevere in hope, remembering that Jesus went to prepare a place for them to be with Him for eternity!

Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together!
readPsalm 34:3

Pray that God will raise up believers who will go to those in this people group who do not yet follow Jesus, and that they will invite many to magnify the Lord with them so that His fame will spread to the ends of the earth.

Bapu Across Countries (ROP3 - 101029) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BapuPG022462BapuIndonesia3,000No Longer UnreachedAnasiAnimism

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