• PEOPLE NAME: BOM OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA

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PEID: 9808

ROP: 115114

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Pacific Islanders

People Cluster: New Guinea

Language: Anjam - (boj)

Alternate Name(s): Anjam, Bogadjim

Primary Religion: Christianity - Protestantism

Country: Papua New Guinea

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Population: 4,000

Global Population: 4,000


PEID: 9808

ROP: 115114

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical


Overview: The Bom of Papua New Guinea, numbering 4,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the New Guinea people cluster within the Pacific Islanders affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Papua New Guinea. Their primary language is Anjam. The primary religion practiced by the Bom is Protestant Christianity, a tradition that emerged from the Protestant Reformation. Protestants reject the idea of papal supremacy, instead stressing the authority of scripture alone, justification by faith alone, and salvation through Christ alone.


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