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The Yakan of Philippines

The Yakan of Philippines, numbering approximately 212,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached.
They are described as a Filipino Muslim ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the Sulu Archipelago in southwestern Philippines and can also be known as Yacan.
They are an Indigenous people, with Yakan as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Filipino, Muslim people cluster of the Malay Peoples.
Their primary religion is Islam - Sunni.
They primarily speak Yakan.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Yakan are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Unreached yet Engaged

The Yakan 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.

No longer Unreached

The Yakan 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.

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