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The Tuvaluan of Fiji

The Tuvaluan of Fiji, numbering approximately 550 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Polynesian ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the island nation of Tuvalu in Oceania. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Tuvalu is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Fiji
People Cluster: Polynesian
Primary Language(s): Tuvalu (tvl)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 550
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG008241
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tuvalu
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Tuvaluan Speakers

Media Resources in Tuvalu:

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Bible Resources in Tuvalu:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Tuvaluan 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 Tuvaluan:
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 Tuvaluan of Fiji

For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
read1 Chronicles 16:26

Pray that those among them who are lost and seeking after worthless idols will have the opportunity to hear and respond to the good news, seeing that Jesus is better than any idol.

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
readJohn 3:14-15

Pray that the lost will look to Jesus lifted up on the cross and believe in Him, gaining eternal life with God.

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
readPsalm 51:10

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will quickly repent when they sin and walk with clean hearts and right spirits as they grow in their relationship with the Lord.

And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life.”
readLuke 18:29-30

Pray that God will raise up people to go and share the gospel and help them trust His promise that anyone who has left those they treasure for the sake of the kingdom of God will receive many times more in this life and in the life to come.

Tuvaluan Across Countries (ROP3 - 110330) reported in the following countries:

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5 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
TuvaluanPG018322TuvaluanTuvalu12,000No Longer UnreachedTuvaluProtestantism
TuvaluanPG018512TuvaluanNew Zealand4,300No Longer UnreachedTuvaluProtestantism
TuvaluanPG009089TuvaluanKiribati1,100No Longer UnreachedTuvaluProtestantism
TuvuluanPG009563TuvuluanNauru800No Longer UnreachedTuvaluProtestantism
TuvaluanPG008241TuvaluanFiji550No Longer UnreachedTuvaluProtestantism

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