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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Sasak of Indonesia

The Sasak of Indonesia, numbering approximately 3,905,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are the original Austronesian inhabitants of Lombok in Indonesia, dominated for over a century by Balinese rulers until nineteenth-century Islamic peasant revolts triggered the Dutch conquest of 1894. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Sasak is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Indonesia
People Cluster: Bali-Sasak
Primary Language(s): Sasak (sas)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 3,905,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, Concentrated CP Activity
People Group ID: PG022772
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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: Sasak
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
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Sasak Speakers

Media Resources in Sasak:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Sasak:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Today's Sasak Version, 2007✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Sasak bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Sasak 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 Sasak:
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 Sasak of Indonesia

Abraham said, "God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." So they went both of them together.
readGenesis 22:8

Pray that God will open the ears of those who are lost to understand and believe that only shed blood takes away sin and that, like Abraham, they will believe that God Himself provides the lamb for the burnt offering, who is Jesus the final, perfect sacrifice.

The people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.
readMatthew 4:16

Pray that those who dwell in darkness and live in the land of the shadow of death may be drawn out of darkness into His marvelous light.

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
read2 Corinthians 6:14

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and want to marry, they will be led to other believers and enter into godly marriages.

Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
readJohn 12:24

Pray that God will raise up men and women who are willing to die to their own desires, bearing much fruit for the kingdom among individuals and in places where His gospel has not been proclaimed.

Sasak Across Countries (ROP3 - 108736) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
SasakPG022772SasakIndonesia3,905,000Engaged yet UnreachedSasakSunni Islam

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