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PAPUA ( IRIAN JAYA )
1 Praise God for the people movements that have brought stone-age peoples to faith in Christ among most of the 275 tribes
1 Strong, Bible-centred, maturely led Papuan churches are the great need as modernization, education and the outside world impact these isolated cultures
2 The Dani peoples total 300,000
3 Missionary numbers are on the increase again – both expatriate and indigenous Indonesians and Papuans
4 Christian aviation is essential in this land with few roads
5 The less-reached
a) Small peoples east of Cenderawasih Bay on New Guinea's 'shoulder'
b) Peoples in the northern foothills of the Eastern Highlands
c) Peoples in the southern foothills of the main range of mountains bisecting the island
d) The Baliem Dani of the Highlands who have not been as responsive as the rest of the Western Dani
e) There are 14 known areas with a total population of around 20,000 where no Christians have penetrated
6 The transmigrants number nearly one million
a) The Muslim Minangkabau and Makassar in the coastal urban areas
b) Many ethnic enclaves scattered over Papua
7 Bible translation for the many small language groups is an immense task
a) The completion, publication and effective use of the NTs in the process of being translated or printed
b) Cooperation between churches and agencies
c) Mother-tongue speakers
d) The use of audio cassettes
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Area 422,000 sq.km.
Population 2,133,000
Major peoples: Only the Dani of the central highlands
have a population over 100,000. Over 247 languages are spoken.
In modern times, ruled by Netherlands until 1963, when annexed by Indonesia
Christian 73.4% (Protestant 54.1%, Catholic 19.3%); Muslim
16.4%; Traditional ethnic 10.1%; Buddhist 0.08%.
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