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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Marshallese of Nauru

The Marshallese of Nauru, numbering approximately 125 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous ethnic group of the Marshal Islands. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Marshallese is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Nauru
People Cluster: Micronesian
Primary Language(s): Marshallese (mah)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 125
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG009561
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Marshallese
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Marshallese Speakers

Media Resources in Marshallese:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Marshallese:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2009 Words of Grace Ministries✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Marshallese bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Marshallese are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Marshallese:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Marshallese of Nauru

And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
readJohn 3:19

Pray that God will have mercy on those who love the darkness they are walking in and turn from their sin to faith in Christ.

For my eyes have seen your salvation that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples.
readLuke 2:30

Pray that the lost will see the salvation of God, and that they will trust in Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord.

For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
read2 Corinthians 12:10

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will embrace their weaknesses, hardships, and difficulties, having hope because Christ's power is made perfect in their weakness.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
read1 John 1:5

Pray that God will raise up believers who can share the gospel with people who don't know the good news of Jesus, that God is light and in him, there is no darkness at all.

Marshallese Across Countries (ROP3 - 106356) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
MarshallesePG047281MarshalleseUnited States10,500No Longer UnreachedMarshalleseProtestantism
MarshallesePG009561MarshalleseNauru125No Longer UnreachedMarshalleseProtestantism
MarshallesePG009375MarshalleseMarshall Islands32,000No Longer UnreachedMarshalleseProtestantism

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