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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Tarunggare of Indonesia

The Tarunggare of Indonesia, numbering approximately 750 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Papuan ethnolinguistic community of the Cenderawasih Bay region of Papua, Indonesia. Also known as the Tunggare people, they maintain a distinct identity rooted in coastal and riverine settlements, customary lands, and regional traditions. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Tunggare is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Indonesia
People Cluster: New Guinea
Primary Language(s): Tunggare (trt)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 750
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG023063
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

53%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tunggare
Language Family: Geelvink Bay

76%
%
Tunggare Speakers

Media Resources in Tunggare:

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Bible Resources in Tunggare:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Tarunggare 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 Tarunggare:
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 Tarunggare of Indonesia

In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
read1 John 4:10

Pray for those without the hope of Christ to understand the depth of God's love and the sacrifice He made for them.

And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.
readActs 6:7

Pray that the Word of God will be increasingly available to these people in ways they will resonate with so that all may have a chance to respond to the good news of Jesus Christ.

My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
readJohn 10:29

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice as they remember that they can never lose their salvation

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.
readPsalm 139:14

Praise God for His creativity and power, and pray that He will raise up men and women from among them who are in awe of all He has done and want to go share the hope of Christ with others.

Tarunggare Across Countries (ROP3 - 109865) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
TarunggarePG023063TarunggareIndonesia750No Longer UnreachedTunggareProtestantism

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