• PEOPLE NAME: TAVULA OF SOLOMON ISLANDS

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PEID: 10807

ROP: 109897

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Pacific Islanders

People Cluster: Solomons

Language: Vaghua - (tva)

Alternate Name(s): Melanesian Sub-cluster

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Solomon Islands

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Population: 3,600

Global Population: 3,600


PEID: 10807

ROP: 109897

Progress of the Gospel: Unengaged and Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity


Overview: The Tavula of Solomon Islands, numbering 3,600, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are part of the Solomons people cluster within the Pacific Islanders affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Solomon Islands. Their primary language is Vaghua. The primary religion practiced by the Tavula is Roman Catholicism, the largest branch of the Christian church and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world. Roman Catholicism teaches that it is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ and that its bishops are the successors of Christ.


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