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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Kahua of Solomon Islands

The Kahua of Solomon Islands, numbering approximately 5,800 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Melanesian people of eastern coastal Makira Island in the Solomon Islands, whose oral tradition of storytelling and genealogical recitation survived nineteenth-century blackbirding labor recruitment and Anglican and Catholic missionization. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Kahua is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Solomon Islands
People Cluster: Solomons
Primary Language(s): Kahua (agw)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 5,800
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG010761
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kahua
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Kahua Speakers

Media Resources in Kahua:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Kahua:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Kahua 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 Kahua:
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 Kahua of Solomon Islands

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

Pray that those who haven't heard yet will hear and believe that the wages of their sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.
readRomans 9:16

Pray that the merciful God who is at work in people's hearts will advance His gospel among them.

For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.
readPsalm 47:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will exalt the Lord, recognizing His reign over the nations and His sovereignty over all things.

To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel.
readEphesians 6:18b-19

Ask God to give believers He sends to the lost of this people group the boldness and clarity to proclaim the mystery of the gospel in a way that people can understand.

Kahua Across Countries (ROP3 - 104410) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KahuaPG010761KahuaSolomon Islands5,800No Longer UnreachedKahuaProtestantism

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