• PEOPLE NAME: AMBONESE OF INDONESIA

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PEID: 22625

ROP: 100274

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Maluku-Central

Language: Ambonese Malay - (abs)

Alternate Name(s): Maluku Christian Sub-cluster

Primary Religion: Christianity - Evangelical Protestant

Country: Indonesia

Also found in: Netherlands

Population: 324,000

Global Population: 375,000


PEID: 22625

ROP: 100274

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Ambonese of Indonesia, numbering 324,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Maluku-Central people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 375,000 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Ambonese Malay. The primary religion practiced by the Ambonese is Evangelical Protestantism, a worldwide trans-denominational movement within Protestant Christianity that believes the essence of the Gospel consists of the doctrine of salvation by grace alone, solely through faith in the atonement of Jesus Christ.


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