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The East Aoba of Vanuatu

The East Aoba of Vanuatu, numbering approximately 9,100 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous people of northern, eastern, and southern Ambae Island whose communities include the Lolovoli, Lombaha, and Longana areas. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and East Ambae is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2025). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: East Aoban

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Vanuatu
People Cluster: Vanuatu
Primary Language(s): East Ambae (omb)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 9,100
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG010986
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: East Ambae
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Ambae, East Speakers

Media Resources in East Ambae:

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Bible Resources in East Ambae:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The East Aoba 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 East Aoba:
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 East Aoba of Vanuatu

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For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 3:23

Pray that the gospel will advance and many will acknowledge that all have sinned, fall short of God's glory, and need a Savior to reconcile them to God.

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
readPsalm 119:105

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will meditate daily on the Word of God so that, through it, they might have wisdom for the big and small decisions they face every day.

For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.
readPsalm 96:4

Pray that God will raise up believers to declare His glory among the lost, so that they may know that He is great and greatly to be praised, that He is exalted above all gods.

Ambae, East Across Countries (ROP3 - 100260) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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1 people group

Photo People Group ID Name Country Population ▼ Strategic Progress Index Language Religion
East Aoba PG010986 East Aoba Vanuatu 9,100 No Longer Unreached East Ambae Protestantism

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