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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Fataleka of Solomon Islands

The Fataleka of Solomon Islands, numbering approximately 12,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of the Solomon Islands . They are an Indigenous people, in the Solomons people cluster of the Pacific Islanders affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Christianity - Protestantism. They primarily speak Fataleka.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Peoples
Country: Solomon Islands
People Cluster: Solomons
Primary Language(s): Fataleka (far)
Primary Religion(s): Christianity - Protestantism
Population: 12,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG010749

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Christianity - Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Christianity - Protestant… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Fataleka
Language Family: Austronesian

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Fataleka Speakers

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Next steps for the Fataleka

The Fataleka are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

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Next steps for the Fataleka

The Fataleka are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Next steps for the Fataleka

The Fataleka 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.

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Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Fataleka of Solomon Islands

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