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The Ontong Java Islanders of Solomon Islands

The Ontong Java Islanders of Solomon Islands, numbering approximately 4,600 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Polynesian people who live on Ontong Java Atoll (also known locally as Luangiua) in the northern part of the Solomon Islands. They are one of the best-known Polynesian outlier populations. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Ontong Java is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Ontong Java Islander

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Solomon Islands
People Cluster: Polynesian
Primary Language(s): Ontong Java (ojv)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 4,600
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG010785
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ontong Java
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Ontong Java Speakers

Media Resources in Ontong Java:

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Bible Resources in Ontong Java:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Ontong Java Islanders 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 Ontong Java Islanders:
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 Ontong Java Islanders of Solomon Islands

But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.
readIsaiah 59:2

Pray that those who are separated from God will turn to Him in humility and repentance, seeking His forgiveness and the restoration of a right relationship with their Heavenly Father.

The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them.
readPsalm 104:8

Pray that they will see the hand of God in the beauty and order of the natural world, and that they will worship Him as the Creator and Sustainer of all things.

So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 6:11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will lay down all evil desires, dying to sin and living for Him alone.

The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
readJohn 1:9-10

Pray for those God might send to share the gospel here. Ask that they will grow closer to Jesus and be compelled to share His good news with people who don't know it.

Ontong Java Islander Across Countries (ROP3 - 107663) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
Ontong Java IslandersPG010785Ontong Java IslandersSolomon Islands4,600No Longer UnreachedOntong JavaProtestantism

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