Gary Miller Ministry

Jul 11: Indonesia, Sulawesi

Indonesia, Sulawesi

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Indonesia

Republic of Indonesia

Asia

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Geography

Area: 1,919,317 sq km
The Republic’s 17,500 islands (6,000 inhabited) stretch over 9.5 million sq km of the Indian/Pacific Oceans, with 33 provinces, 5 of which have special status. Includes the world’s second-largest rain forest and vast coral reefs.
Population: 232,516,771    Annual Growth: 1.19%
Capital: Jakarta
Urbanites: 53.7%
HDI Rank: 111 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

Peoples

Peoples: 784 (26% unreached) All peoples
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Official language: Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia). Its increasing use is unifying the nation and lessening the importance of smaller languages to the younger generation    Languages: 722 All languages

Religion

Largest Religion: Muslim

Religion		Pop %	Ann Gr
Christians	36,853,908	15.85	1.6
Evangelicals	13,010,751	5.6	2.8
Muslim	186,734,219	80.31

Challenge for Prayer

Pray for the development of a missionary vision. The history and background of Indonesian Christianity are unique. Indonesians are able to make a significant contribution to world evangelization. Pray for:
a) Churches to be gripped by the challenge of hundreds of unreached peoples in their own country and in other lands of Asia and Africa. The financial and human resources are there. Denominations will need to work together on an unprecedented level.
b) The sending out of Christians – individuals, teams and communities – as migrants to unevangelized areas with a vision for church planting. Christians need to be set free from tribalism, denominationalism and local loyalties, and learn to be sensitive to the subtleties of ministering cross-culturally.
c) Indonesian missionary agencies are increasing in number. Most are involved in evangelistic and church-planting ministries within Indonesia, and a few have workers outside the country. Also, some Indonesians serve with international missions (YWAM,WEC, OM, Navigators and others).
d) Training and strategy issues are vital for such a vision to be accomplished. Changing the mindset of ordinary Christians – and theological students in particular – to become more missional is crucial. Vocational training that will allow believers to meaningfully contribute to unreached communities in sensitive and hostile areas is also needed.
     For an additional 11 Challenges for Prayer see Operation World book, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM.

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The Operation World book, CD-ROM, and DVD-ROM provide far more information and fuel for prayer for the people of Indonesia.

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Sulawesi

Indonesia

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Challenge for Prayer

Bible translation is an enormous unfinished task. Many years have been invested in research, in surveys and now in 18 translation projects in this linguistically complex region. Pray that nothing may hinder the publication of these Scriptures; several non-Christian people groups express longing for Scriptures in their language. There are definitely more than 20 and possibly up to 100 languages with Bible translation needs. Pray for fruitful partnership between expatriate and Indonesian translation workers, and pray for the timely completion of many Scripture translations.
     For an additional 3 Challenges for Prayer see Operation World book, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM.

More Information

The Operation World book, CD-ROM, and DVD-ROM provide far more information and fuel for prayer for the people of Sulawesi.