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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Tahitians of Vanuatu

The Tahitians of Vanuatu, numbering approximately 700 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Polynesian ethnic group indigenous to the island of Tahiti in French Polynesia. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Tahitian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Vanuatu
People Cluster: Polynesian
Primary Language(s): Tahitian (tah)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 700
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG011070
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

72%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tahitian
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Tahitian Speakers

Media Resources in Tahitian:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Tahitian:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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Or check out the Tahitian bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Tahitians 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 Tahitians:
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 Tahitians of Vanuatu

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRomans 6:23

Pray that those who do know about God's free gift will hear and believe that the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord and that they will joyfully accept this gift.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.
readMatthew 13: 45-46

Pray that they will recognize the treasure of knowing Christ Jesus and be willing to give up everything else to gain Him.

Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O LORD, God of host.
readJeremiah 15:16

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will find joy and delight in the Word of the Lord.

To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law.
read1 Corinthians 9:20

Pray that believers from similar cultures will be compelled by Christ's love to reach people who don't know the gospel, and that those people will receive the good news with joy.

Tahitian Across Countries (ROP3 - 109704) reported in the following countries:

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5 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
TahitiansPG008256TahitiansFrench Polynesia181,000No Longer UnreachedTahitianProtestantism
TahitiansPG011070TahitiansVanuatu700No Longer UnreachedTahitianRoman Catholicism
TahitiansPG018374TahitiansNew Caledonia7,700No Longer UnreachedTahitianRoman Catholicism
TahitiansPG018509TahitiansNew Zealand1,600No Longer UnreachedTahitianProtestantism
French PolynesiansPG047193French PolynesiansUnited States1,300No Longer UnreachedTahitianProtestantism

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