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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Tuvaluan of Kiribati

The Tuvaluan of Kiribati, numbering approximately 1,100 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: Kiribati
People Cluster: Polynesian
Primary Language(s): Tuvalu (tvl)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 1,100
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG009089
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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 Kiribati

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
readMatthew 24:14

Pray that the message of hope will reach those who are wandering in darkness, offering them a path to eternal life.

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
readMatthew 11:28-29

Please pray for them to lift their eyes to Jesus and find rest for their souls, lasting peace, and hope in Him.

And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
readDeuteronomy 6:6-7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will hide God's Word in their hearts, let it shape their conversations and daily lives, and pass on their faith to the next generation.

So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God who has mercy.
readRomans 9:16

Ask God to raise up people who will trust in His sovereignty as they share the gospel, knowing that it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God who has mercy.

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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