Maluku-Northern People Cluster

People Cluster: Maluku-Northern What is a People Cluster?

Population

522,000

0.9% estimated
Annual Growth Rate

People Groups (Across Countries)

People Groups
(by Country)

Unreached Groups (by Country)

Affinity Bloc

Malay Peoples

Cluster Progress

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

Map Notes

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Progress Scale: ☀︎●●●●● (
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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
Photo	People Group ▲	Global Population	Peoples by Country	Unreached by Country	% Unreached Peoples	Popl in Unreached	% Popl in Unreached	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
	Buli	3,400	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Islam	34.0 %	4.0 %	-1 -
	Galela	123,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Islam	40.0 %	8.0 %	-1 -
	Gamkonora	2,500	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Islam	10.0 %	3.0 %	-1 -
	Gane	5,300	1	1	100.0 %	5,300	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Gebe	3,600	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Islam	5.0 %	3.0 %	-1 -
	Gorap	1,500	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	7.0 %	5.0 %	-1 -
	Ibu	200	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	30.0 %	4.0 %	-1 -
	Kadai	700	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	8.0 %	2.0 %	-1 -
	Kau	600	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Islam	15.0 %	3.0 %	-1 -
	Loloda, North	24,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	65.0 %	4.0 %	-1 -
	Makian, East	35,000	1	1	100.0 %	35,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Makian, West	47,000	1	1	100.0 %	47,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	1
	Mangole	9,800	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Islam	8.0 %	1.0 %	-1 -
	Nasal	3,600	1	1	100.0 %	3,600	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Pagu	4,500	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	25.0 %	4.0 %	-1 -
	Patani-Maba	17,000	1	1	100.0 %	17,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Sahu	12,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	65.0 %	5.0 %	-1 -
	Sawai	17,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Islam	12.0 %	1.2 %	-1 -
	Tabaru	23,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	70.0 %	5.0 %	-1 -
	Taliabo-Mangei	9,400	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	62.0 %	7.5 %	-1 -
	Ternate	70,000	1	1	100.0 %	70,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Tidore	54,000	1	1	100.0 %	54,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	2.0 %	0.1 %	1
	Tobelo	37,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	51.0 %	5.0 %	-1 -
	Tugutil	3,500	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Ethnic Religions	8.0 %	2.0 %	-1 -
	Waioli	14,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Ethnic Religions	30.0 %	4.0 %	-1 -
Totals:	25 Peoples (across countries)	522,000	25	7	28.0 %	232,000	44.4 %	●	Islam	24.0%	3.2%	7

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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