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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%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Sasak
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
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

For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption.
readPsalm 130:7b

Pray for those who are unaware of God's steadfast love that is offered to them through Jesus Christ to learn the truth and experience His plentiful redemption.

For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
readRomans 1:19-20

Pray that God will use His creation – the “things that have been made” – to spark a fresh and passionate curiosity among them to draw near to the Maker and that, as they seek Him, He will make a way for them to hear the gospel and receive it with joy.

You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
readDeuteronomy 6:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will love the Lord their God with all their heart, soul, and might, as they strive to live lives that honor and glorify Him.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
readPsalm 23:6

Ask God to raise up believers who will share the hope that, for those who trust in Christ, goodness and love will follow them all the days of their lives, and they will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

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

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
SasakPG022772SasakIndonesia3,905,000Engaged yet UnreachedSasakSunni Islam

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