• PEOPLE NAME: SELARU OF INDONESIA

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By Franc Le Blanc

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PEID: 22706

ROP: 108808

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Maluku-Southern

Language: Selaru - (slu)

Alternate Name(s): Maluku Christian Sub-cluster

Primary Religion: Christianity - Evangelical Protestant

Country: Indonesia

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Population: 10,500

Global Population: 10,500


PEID: 22706

ROP: 108808

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Selaru of Indonesia, numbering 10,500, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Maluku-Southern people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Indonesia. Their primary language is Selaru. The primary religion practiced by the Selaru 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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