• PEOPLE NAME: SOUTHERN EFATE OF VANUATU

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PEID: 18428

ROP: 109477

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Pacific Islanders

People Cluster: Vanuatu

Language: South Efate - (erk)

Alternate Name(s): Melanesian Sub-cluster, Erakor

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Vanuatu

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Population: 10,000

Global Population: 10,000


PEID: 18428

ROP: 109477

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical


Overview: The Southern Efate of Vanuatu, numbering 10,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Vanuatu people cluster within the Pacific Islanders affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Vanuatu. Their primary language is South Efate. The primary religion practiced by the Southern Efate is Roman Catholicism, the largest branch of the Christian church and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world. Roman Catholicism teaches that it is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ and that its bishops are the successors of Christ.


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