The Lampung Pubian of Indonesia

The Lampung Pubian of Indonesia, numbering approximately 113,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as an interior Lampung people of southern Sumatra organized through the Pubian Telu Suku clan tradition and associated with the Pepadun cultural system, maintaining a distinct identity within the broader Lampung community They are an Indigenous people, with Lampung as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Lampung of Sumatra people cluster of the Malay Peoples. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Lampung Api is their primary language.

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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: 113,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG022508
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
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Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Lampung Api
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
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Lampung Api Speakers

Media Resources in Lampung Api:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

Bible Resources in Lampung Api:

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

1 entry

Or check out the Lampung Api bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Lampung Pubian 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 Pubian:
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 Pubian of Indonesia

For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?
readPsalm 18:31

As people look to their own efforts for hope, pray they will have the opportunity to learn and believe in the Lord, who is the only Rock worthy of their faith.

Moses said, "Please show me your glory." And he said, "I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name 'The LORD.' And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy."
readExodus 33:18-19

Pray that many will come to know the glory of God, which is revealed in Jesus Christ, and that they will rejoice in the mercy He offers them.

This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
readEphesians 5:32-33

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will grasp the profound mystery of Christ's love for the Church, reflecting this love in their marriages.

And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
read2 Corinthians 12:28

Ask God to raise up believers who will faithfully proclaim the good news and equip others to do the same.

Lampung Pubian Across Countries (ROP3 - 108155) reported in the following countries:

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