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The Lampung Pesisir of Indonesia

The Lampung Pesisir of Indonesia, numbering approximately 597,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Indigenous coastal Lampung people of southern Sumatra who follow the Saibatin tradition, a hereditary leadership system centered on princely lineages, and speak the Lampung Api dialect. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Lampung Api is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Indonesia
People Cluster: Lampung of Sumatra
Primary Language(s): Lampung Api (ljp)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 597,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG022507
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Lampung Api
Language Family: Austronesian

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Lampung Api Speakers

Media Resources in Lampung Api:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Lampung Api:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Today's Lampung Version, 2002✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Lampung Api bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Lampung Pesisir 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 Lampung Pesisir:
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 Lampung Pesisir of Indonesia

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
read1 John 1:9

Pray that God, who is faithful and just, will open the eyes of those who are lost and draw them to confess their sins and trust in Him to grant forgiveness.

Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
readPsalm 34:8

Pray that the gospel will advance and that many will have the opportunity to taste and see the goodness of God and entrust their lives to Him.

Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed.
readPsalm 34:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will see themselves as God sees them, with radiant faces and hearts that have been cleansed of all shame.

And Jesus said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men." And immediately they left their nets and followed him.
readMark 1:17-18

Pray that God will raise up believers from this place and/or other cultures nearby to proclaim the gospel to those who desperately need to encounter it.

Lampung Peminggir Across Countries (ROP3 - 105625) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▼PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Lampung PesisirPG022507Lampung PesisirIndonesia597,000Engaged yet UnreachedLampung ApiSunni Islam

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