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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

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.
readJohn 11:25

Pray for the many who have never heard about or understood the importance of what Jesus did for them, asking God to make a way for them to hear that the perfect Son of Man suffered, died, and rose again so that they might be saved.

Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
readPsalm 47:6

Pray that believers will have a heart to invite others to trust in Christ alone so that they might sing praises to His name.

I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
readPsalm 89:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will declare and record His faithfulness and love to be passed on from generation to generation.

The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
readActs 17:30

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will boldly and lovingly declare that God commands all people everywhere to repent.

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

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1 people group

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

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