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The Makasai of Timor-Leste

The Makasai of Timor-Leste, numbering approximately 160,000 people, are No Longer Unreached.
They are described as an ethnolinguistic community of Timor-Leste .
They are an Indigenous people, with Makasai as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Timor people cluster of the Malay Peoples.
Their primary religion is Christianity - Roman Catholicism.
They primarily speak Makasae.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Makasai 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 Makasai 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 Makasai 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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