The Indonesians of Hong Kong

The Indonesians of Hong Kong, numbering approximately 140,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Austronesian ethnic community whose identity is shaped by their shared history and culture on the islands of Indonesia. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Indonesian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Hong Kong
People Cluster: Malay
Primary Language(s): Indonesian (ind)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 140,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG050589
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

83%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Indonesian
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Indonesian Speakers

Media Resources in Indonesian:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

4 films

SPI: No longer Unreached

The Indonesians 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 Indonesians:
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 Indonesians of Hong Kong

For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
read1 Chronicles 16:26

Pray that those among them who are lost and seeking after worthless idols will have the opportunity to hear and respond to the good news, seeing that Jesus is better than any idol.

Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
readPsalm 34:8

Pray that the gospel will advance and that many will have the opportunity to taste and see the goodness of God and entrust their lives to Him.

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
readIsaiah 9:6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice in the coming of the Prince of Peace because He will bring everlasting peace and rule with justice and righteousness.

And he said to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
readLuke 10:2

Ask God to send out laborers into His harvest field, raising up believers from around the world to go and proclaim the kingdom of God with those who need to hear it.

Indonesian Across Countries (ROP3 - 114115) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
All

8 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▼PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
IndonesiansIndonesiansUnited States79,500No Longer UnreachedIndonesianSunni Islam
IndonesiansIndonesiansSingapore200,000No Longer UnreachedIndonesianSunni Islam
IndonesiansIndonesiansNetherlands158,000Engaged yet UnreachedIndonesianSunni Islam
IndonesiansIndonesiansMalaysia344,000No Longer UnreachedIndonesianSunni Islam
IndonesiansIndonesiansHong Kong140,000No Longer UnreachedIndonesianSunni Islam
IndonesiansIndonesiansChina11,500No Longer UnreachedIndonesianProtestantism
IndonesiansIndonesiansCanada17,000Unengaged and UnreachedIndonesianSunni Islam
IndonesiansIndonesiansAustralia30,000No Longer UnreachedIndonesianSunni Islam

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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