The Bugoto of Solomon Islands

The Bugoto of Solomon Islands, numbering approximately 7,900 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a people of southern Santa Isabel Island named by the Mendana expedition in 1568, targeted by western Isabel's Kia leaders allied with Roviana Lagoon groups, later hit by 19th-century blackbirding before coming under German then British protectorate rule. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Bughotu is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Solomon Islands
People Cluster: Solomons
Primary Language(s): Bughotu (bgt)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 7,900
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG010742
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bughotu
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Bughotu Speakers

Media Resources in Bughotu:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Bughotu:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. 2009✓✓

1 entry

Or check out the Bughotu bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Bugoto 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 Bugoto:
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 Bugoto of Solomon Islands

For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
readPsalm 1:6

As many look for hope in worldly pleasures, pray they will hear and accept salvation through Christ, turn from destruction, and experience joy in the way of righteousness.

Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the LORD; exult before him!
readPsalm 68:4

Pray that many will come to faith in Christ and share the gospel with others so that His salvation will be known among all nations.

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
readPsalm 42:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will thirst for God and be satisfied when they abide in Him.

Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.
read3 John 1:2

Ask God to grant protection and good health — both physical and spiritual — to those He sends cross-culturally to share the gospel.

Bugoto Across Countries (ROP3 - 101705) reported in the following countries:

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