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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Lembak of Indonesia

The Lembak of Indonesia, numbering approximately 100,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Muslim Malay-related people of the Barisan mountain borderlands between Bengkulu and South Sumatra provinces, farming rice, coffee, and rubber and speaking the Col language in dialects named Lembak Delapan, Beliti, and Kayu Agung. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Col is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Lembak

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Indonesia
People Cluster: Musi of Sumatra
Primary Language(s): Col (liw)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 100,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG022510
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

100%
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Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Col
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Col Speakers

Media Resources in Col:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Col:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Lembak 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 Lembak:
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 Lembak of Indonesia

Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.
readRomans 11:22

Pray that God will transform those who persist in unbelief and, in His everlasting kindness, graft them into His family.

There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard.
readPsalm 19:3

Pray that God will lead them to His Word, and where it is not available, ask that He will raise up those who will produce gospel media in their heart language.

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
readRomans 6:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will lead those who might hesitate in getting baptized to trust Him as they obey His command, even when obedience is hard.

The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
readJohn 1:9-10

Pray for those God might send to share the gospel here. Ask that they will grow closer to Jesus and be compelled to share His good news with people who don't know it.

Lembak Across Countries (ROP3 - 105706) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
LembakPG022510LembakIndonesia100,000Engaged yet UnreachedColSunni Islam

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