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The Abau of Papua New Guinea

The Abau of Papua New Guinea, numbering approximately 16,000 people, are No Longer Unreached.
They are described as an indigenous Papuan people living in the Sandaun (West Sepik) Province of Papua New Guinea, particularly along the Sepik River near the Indonesian border .
They are an Indigenous people, with Abau as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the New Guinea people cluster of the Pacific Islanders.
Their primary religion is Christianity - Protestantism.
They primarily speak Abau.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Abau 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.

Unreached yet Engaged

The Abau 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.

No longer Unreached

The Abau 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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read1 Corinthians 9:23

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