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The Loncong of Indonesia

The Loncong of Indonesia, numbering approximately 500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Orang Laut sea-nomad people of Indonesia's Bangka-Belitung Islands who historically served as expert maritime pilots and fishers practicing restrained daily harvesting, now reduced to some 120 families with their Loncong dialect nearing extinction. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Loncong is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Indonesia
People Cluster: Melayu of Sumatra
Primary Language(s): Loncong (lce)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG022513
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

98%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Loncong
Language Family: Austronesian

76%
%
Sekak Speakers

Media Resources in Loncong:

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Bible Resources in Loncong:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Loncong 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 Loncong:
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 Loncong 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.

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
readIsaiah 43:19

Pray that the lost will see the new thing God can do in their lives and trust in His plan and purpose for them.

Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
readColossians 3:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will set their minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, as they look to Christ for guidance and strength.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
read1 John 1:5

Pray that God will raise up believers who can share the gospel with people who don't know the good news of Jesus, that God is light and in him, there is no darkness at all.

Lonchong Across Countries (ROP3 - 105847) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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1 people group

Photo People Group ID Name Country Population ▲ Strategic Progress Index Language Religion
Loncong PG022513 Loncong Indonesia 500 No Longer Unreached Loncong Sunni Islam

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