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The Gimi of Papua New Guinea

The Gimi of Papua New Guinea, numbering approximately 80,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous ethnic group of Papua New Guinea, Eastern Highlands province: Okapa District. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Gimi (Eastern Highlands) is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Papua New Guinea
People Cluster: New Guinea
Primary Language(s): Gimi (Eastern Highlands) (gim)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 80,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG009933
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Pray for the Gimi of Papua New Guinea

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

40%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Gimi (Eastern Highlands)
Language Family: Nuclear Trans New Guinea

100%
%
Gimi (PNG, Eastern Highlands Province) Speakers

Media Resources in Gimi (Eastern Highlands):

Films:

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Bible Resources in Gimi (Eastern Highlands):

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Gimi 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 Gimi:
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 Gimi of Papua New Guinea

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
readRomans 1:20

As God's creation declares His glory, pray that multitudes who don't know Him will see the works of His hands and desire to know more about the Creator.

Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near.
readIsaiah 55:6

Pray that the lost will seek the Lord while He may be found and call upon Him while He is near, for He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope.
readPsalm 130:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will wait on the Lord and have patience and trust, knowing His ways and His timing are always perfect.

He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.
readJohn 1:7

Pray that God will raise up witnesses to testify about Jesus so that all might believe, knowing that He is light and in Him there is no darkness at all.

Gimi Across Countries (ROP3 - 103374) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▼PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
GimiPG009933GimiPapua New Guinea80,000No Longer UnreachedGimi (Eastern Highlands)Protestantism

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