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The Mandobo Bawah of Indonesia

The Mandobo Bawah of Indonesia, numbering approximately 23,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a lower-river branch of the Mandobo people between the Kao and Digul rivers in Indonesia's Boven Digoel Regency, practicing patrilineal marriage with pig and shell-money bridewealth, in a region once used as a Dutch colonial penal settlement. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Mandobo Bawah is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Indonesia
People Cluster: New Guinea
Primary Language(s): Mandobo Bawah (bwp)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 23,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG022930
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Mandobo Bawah
Language Family: Nuclear Trans New Guinea

76%
%
Mandobo Bawah Speakers

Media Resources in Mandobo Bawah:

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Bible Resources in Mandobo Bawah:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Mandobo Bawah 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 Mandobo Bawah:
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 Mandobo Bawah of Indonesia

Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?
readJames 2:5

Pray for those living in despair to experience the riches of God's love and the hope of eternal life through faith in Christ.

Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.
readPsalm 66:5

Pray that many here will come and see what the Creator God has done on their behalf.

The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot... indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
readPsalm 16:5-6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and face hardship, they will remember that God is their portion and cup and that He has a beautiful inheritance for them.

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
readEphesians 6:12

Ask God to give those He sends to cross cultures the discernment they need to recognize the spiritual battle they are fighting. Pray God will protect their faith as they abide in Him.

Mandobo Bawah Across Countries (ROP3 - 106234) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Mandobo BawahPG022930Mandobo BawahIndonesia23,000No Longer UnreachedMandobo BawahProtestantism

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