The Namosi of Fiji

The Namosi of Fiji, numbering approximately 2,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous iTaukei Fijian people of the rugged interior of southeastern Viti Levu, especially Namosi Province, associated with the Western Fijian Namosi-Naitasiri-Serua language. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Namosi-Naitasiri-Serua is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Fiji
People Cluster: Fiji
Primary Language(s): Namosi-Naitasiri-Serua (bwb)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 2,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG008230
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Namosi-Naitasiri-Serua
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
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Namosi-Naitasiri-Serua Speakers

Media Resources in Namosi-Naitasiri-Serua:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Namosi-Naitasiri-Serua:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Namosi-Naitasiri-Serua bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Namosi 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 Namosi:
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 Namosi of Fiji

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
readRomans 6:4

Pray that those who need to surrender their lives to Christ will confess their sins and trust in Him, being united with Him in His death and resurrection, walking in newness of life.

Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.
readPsalm 119:97

Pray that the lost will have access to God's Word in their language and treasure it deeply, meditating on God's promises and precepts.

And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
readMatthew 28:18-20

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have confidence because Jesus has all authority and is with them as they make disciples and teach others about Him.

There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.
readMark 7:15

Pray for Christians to take any opportunity to share the hope of Jesus with lost people here, praying they will be wise like Jesus as they share the truth about what can defile people and what can make them clean.

Namosi Across Countries (ROP3 - 107061) reported in the following countries:

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