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The Mentawai of Indonesia

The Mentawai of Indonesia, numbering approximately 79,500 people, are No Longer Unreached.
They are described as an ethnolinguistic community of Indonesia and can also be known as .
They are an Indigenous people, with Mentawaian as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Batak-Nias of Sumatra people cluster of the Malay Peoples.
Their primary religion is Christianity - Protestantism.
They primarily speak Mentawai.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Mentawai 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 Mentawai 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 Mentawai 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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readJohn 11:25

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But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.
readMark 4:20

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readTitus 3:4-5

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readRomans 10:15

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