• PEOPLE NAME: WESTERN DANI OF INDONESIA

Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Pacific Islanders

People Cluster: New Guinea

Language: Western Dani - (dnw)

Alternate Name(s):

Primary Religion: Christianity - Evangelical Protestantism

Country: Indonesia

Also found in:

Population: 261,000

Global Population: 261,000


PEID: 22902

ROP: 102438

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Western Dani of Indonesia, numbering 261,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the New Guinea people cluster within the Pacific Islanders affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Indonesia. Their primary language is Western Dani. The primary religion practiced by the Western Dani 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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