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The Southeast Babar of Indonesia

The Southeast Babar of Indonesia, numbering approximately 5,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Austronesian people of Babar Island in Indonesia's Maluku Islands, descended from Australoid inhabitants mixed with Austronesian migrants around 1000 BC, who lived in cliff-top fortress villages until Dutch authorities forced coastal relocation. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Southeast Babar is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Babar Tenggara

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Indonesia
People Cluster: Maluku-Southern
Primary Language(s): Southeast Babar (vbb)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 5,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG022628
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

55%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Southeast Babar
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Babar, Southeast Speakers

Media Resources in Southeast Babar:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Southeast Babar:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Southeast Babar 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 Southeast Babar:
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 Southeast Babar of Indonesia

For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm!
readPsalm 47:7

Pray for those who live for idols that will never satisfy their hearts, asking that someone will tell them that God is the King of all the earth so that they will turn to Him in repentance and praise.

I sought the LORD, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.
readPsalm 34:4

Pray for each who becomes a child of God to share the hope of eternity with family and friends.

For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to learn about your faith, for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and our labor would be in vain.
read2 Thessalonians 3:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will persevere according to God's command, walk in faith, and be strong so that they can resist the evil one’s deception.

And thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else's foundation, but as it is written, "Those who have never been told of him will see, and those who have never heard will understand."
readRomans 15:20-21

Pray that God will send believers to cross cultures and proclaim the gospel where Christ has not been named, so that the nations might glorify God for His mercy.

Babar, Southeast Across Countries (ROP3 - 100693) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Southeast BabarPG022628Southeast BabarIndonesia5,000No Longer UnreachedSoutheast BabarProtestantism

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