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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Vanikoro of Solomon Islands

The Vanikoro of Solomon Islands, numbering approximately 275 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of the Solomon Islands. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Pijin is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Vanikoro

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Solomon Islands
People Cluster: Solomons
Primary Language(s): Pijin (pis)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 275
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG010815
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Pray for the Vanikoro of Solomon Islands

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Pijin
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Pijin Speakers

Media Resources in Pijin:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Pijin:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2007 Bible Society of the South Pacific and Wycliffe Bible Translators, International✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Pijin bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Vanikoro 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 Vanikoro:
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 Vanikoro of Solomon Islands

For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.
readRomans 1:19

Pray that God will use testimony of creation to cause those who do not yet know the gospel to long for truth and a relationship with the Author of life.

Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
readPsalm 67:5

While there are many who do not yet praise God, pray that He will work in their lives, advance the gospel among them, and bring many to saving faith in Christ.

And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be.”
readGenesis 15:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust God to keep His promises.

Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre!
readPsalm 149:3

Pray that God will send His people across cultures to share the gospel so that those who don't yet know the truth about Him might praise His name and share the hope of Christ with others.

Vano Across Countries (ROP3 - 110510) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
VanikoroPG010815VanikoroSolomon Islands275No Longer UnreachedPijinProtestantism

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