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The Dagoda of Timor-Leste

The Dagoda of Timor-Leste, numbering approximately 49,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Indigenous Fataluku community of Lautém at Timor-Leste's eastern tip, centered around Lospalos, whose non-Austronesian Fataluku language belongs to the Timor-Alor-Pantar family. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Fataluku is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Timor-Leste
People Cluster: Timor
Primary Language(s): Fataluku (ddg)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 49,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG023118
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Pray for the Dagoda of Timor-Leste

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

86%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Fataluku
Language Family: Timor-Alor-Pantar

100%
%
Fataluku Speakers

Media Resources in Fataluku:

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Bible Resources in Fataluku:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Dagoda 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 Dagoda:
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 Dagoda of Timor-Leste

Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
readPsalm 67:3

Pray that those who are lost and unaware of God's blessings will come to know Him as the one true God, put their trust in Him, and join in praising Him among the nations.

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.
read1 Timothy 2:5-6

Pray for the truth about Jesus Christ to spread among the lost so that many will accept His ransom for their sin and experience freedom in a relationship with Him.

All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.
read2 Corinthians 5:18

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will serve as God's ambassadors, sharing the message of reconciliation with others.

To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
read1 Corinthians 9:22

Ask God to raise up believers from around the world to go and share the hope of Jesus with the lost so that they might trust in Him and have the hope of eternal life.

Dagoda Across Countries (ROP3 - 102370) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
DagodaPG023118DagodaTimor-Leste49,500Engaged yet UnreachedFatalukuRoman Catholicism

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