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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Gorontalo of Indonesia

The Gorontalo of Indonesia, numbering approximately 1,410,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous people of northwestern Sulawesi, centered in Gorontalo and traditionally extending into neighboring areas. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Gorontalo is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Indonesia
People Cluster: Gorontalo of Sulawesi
Primary Language(s): Gorontalo (gor)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 1,410,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG022811
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

95%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Gorontalo
Language Family: Austronesian

76%
%
Gorontalo Speakers

Media Resources in Gorontalo:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Gorontalo:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Today's Gorontalo Version, 2010✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Gorontalo bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Gorontalo 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 Gorontalo:
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 Gorontalo of Indonesia

And Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the command of the Lord your God, with which he commanded you."
read1 Samuel 13:13a

Pray that those who are walking in disobedience will recognize their sin and to turn to God.

But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.
readMark 4:20

Pray that those who have never encountered the gospel will have the opportunity to receive it, and that it will fall on good soil and bear much fruit.

Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.
readMatthew 18:19

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they find other believers to pray with, and that they will trust God to answer their requests according to His will.

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

Praise the God who is able to make a way forward, even when it seems impossible. Ask Him to do a new thing among this people group specifically and among the nations, raising up believers to go and share the gospel with individuals and places where it has not flourished before.

Gorontalo Across Countries (ROP3 - 103453) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
GorontaloPG022811GorontaloIndonesia1,410,000No Longer UnreachedGorontaloSunni Islam

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