AFWIS Joins Operation World in Prayer for Indonesia, West Lesser Sunda Islands (Nusa Tenggara Barat) in Asia

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Jul 08: Indonesia, West Lesser Sunda Islands (Nusa Tenggara Barat)

Indonesia, West Lesser Sunda Islands (Nusa Tenggara Barat)

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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
Unreached Peoples Prayer Card

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

Answer to Prayer

Praise God for the sustained growth of the Church over the last 50 years. During this period, evangelicals have grown from 1.3 million (1.4% of the population) to 13 million (5.6%). Several of the following have a long-lasting legacy.
a) Great people movements to Christ have occurred in many animistic peoples, among three of the eight Java sub-groups and among Indonesians of Chinese descent. Over 50% of the latter are now Christian.
b) The lives and vibrant witness of committed Christians have made an impact on a society influenced by the power of the occult and have offered many the path to freedom.
c) The government mandate that all citizens adhere to one of six recognized religions impels many animists to consider the claims of the gospel.
d) The development and use of Indonesian as the national language make sharing the gospel across geographic and ethnic boundaries easier in many areas of the country.
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West Lesser Sunda Islands (Nusa Tenggara Barat)

Indonesia

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Challenge for Prayer

Unreached peoples include:
a) The Hindu Bali people – more than 100,000 on Lombok and probably more open to the gospel than on their home island.
b) The three major indigenous people groups remain largely unevangelized amidst ongoing efforts to reach them for the past 20 or more years, although greater responsiveness is also reported. They are: Muslim Sasak (2.75m) on Lombok, and Bima (650,000) and Sumbawa (400,000) on Sumbawa Island. There are less than 200 known believers among the Sasak, less than 100 among the Bima and less than 20 among the Sumbawa. All three groups are strongly Muslim but still adhere to animistic beliefs. Several second- and third-generation house fellowships have formed among the Bima and Sumbawa.
     For an additional 3 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 West Lesser Sunda Islands (Nusa Tenggara Barat).