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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Panasuan of Indonesia

The Panasuan of Indonesia, numbering approximately 1,400 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic community of Indonesia They are an Indigenous people, with Panasuan as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Bugi-Makassar of Sulawesi people cluster of the Malay Peoples. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Panasuan is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Indonesia
People Cluster: Bugi-Makassar of Sulawesi
Primary Language(s): Panasuan (psn)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 1,400
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG022852
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

62%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Panasuan
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Panasuan Speakers

Media Resources in Panasuan:

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Bible Resources in Panasuan:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Panasuan 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 Panasuan:
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 Panasuan of Indonesia

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
readRomans 5:10

Pray that any who may be enemies of God will grasp the depth of God's love demonstrated through Christ's death for the ungodly, and be reconciled to Him.

Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you. Heal the sick in it and say to them, "the kingdom of God has come near to you."
readLuke 10:8-9

Pray that the lost will receive messengers of the gospel with joy, turn from their sins, and be healed.

We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks, for your name is near. We recount your wondrous deeds.
readPsalm 75:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will give thanks to the Lord for His wondrous works and declare His goodness to all people.

So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God who has mercy.
readRomans 9:16

Ask God to raise up people who will trust in His sovereignty as they share the gospel, knowing that it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God who has mercy.

Panasuan Across Countries (ROP3 - 107822) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
PanasuanPG022852PanasuanIndonesia1,400No Longer UnreachedPanasuanProtestantism

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