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.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Tuvaluan

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:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Tuvalu:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Tuvalu bible at Bible.com

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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 some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
readLuke 8:8

Pray that the seeds of truth will take root in the hearts of those who are far from Jesus and that He will lead them from darkness to light.

For your steadfast love is great to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.
readPsalm 57:10

Pray that God will work, even in the hearts of hard-to-reach people, and that they will rejoice in His steadfast love and faithfulness.

Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!
readPsalm 133:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be unified and love one another as God loves them.

For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.
read2 Corinthians 1:8-9

Pray that as people hear and believe the gospel, they will be faithful as they walk through trials and will have an opportunity to be a witness to others in this people group of the goodness of God.

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

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