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The Bunak of Indonesia

The Bunak of Indonesia, numbering approximately 100,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous people of central Timor whose mountainous homeland straddles the Indonesia-Timor-Leste border, particularly around Lamaknen in Indonesian West Timor. They mostly adhere to Animism and Bunak is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Indonesia
People Cluster: Timor
Primary Language(s): Bunak (bfn)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 100,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG022742
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Pray for the Bunak of Indonesia

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

95%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bunak
Language Family: Timor-Alor-Pantar

100%
%
Bunak Speakers

Media Resources in Bunak:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Bunak:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Bunak 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 Bunak:
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 Bunak of Indonesia

For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.
readRomans 1:19

Pray that God will use testimony of creation to cause those who do not yet know the gospel to long for truth and a relationship with the Author of life.

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
readMatthew 11:28-29

Please pray for them to lift their eyes to Jesus and find rest for their souls, lasting peace, and hope in Him.

But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
readHebrews 10:39

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, and faithfully follow God, they will share Christ boldly with those around them.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
readPsalm 23:6

Ask God to raise up believers who will share the hope that, for those who trust in Christ, goodness and love will follow them all the days of their lives, and they will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Bunak Across Countries (ROP3 - 101744) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BunakPG022742BunakIndonesia100,000No Longer UnreachedBunakAnimism
BunakPG048874BunakTimor-Leste74,000No Longer UnreachedBunakAnimism

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