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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

For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
readPsalm 1:6

As many look for hope in worldly pleasures, pray they will hear and accept salvation through Christ, turn from destruction, and experience joy in the way of righteousness.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
readJohn 3:16

Pray that the lost will seek God and learn that they have a heavenly Father who loves them and wants them to live eternally with Him.

O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
readPsalm 51:15

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will abide in Him, and God will help them to proclaim His praise and declare His goodness all day long.

To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law.
read1 Corinthians 9:20

Pray that believers from similar cultures will be compelled by Christ's love to reach people who don't know the gospel, and that those people will receive the good news with joy.

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

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Mandobo BawahPG022930Mandobo BawahIndonesia23,000No Longer UnreachedMandobo BawahProtestantism

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