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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Vanikoro of Solomon Islands

The Vanikoro of Solomon Islands, numbering approximately 275 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of the Solomon Islands. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Pijin is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Solomon Islands
People Cluster: Solomons
Primary Language(s): Pijin (pis)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 275
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG010815
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Pray for the Vanikoro of Solomon Islands

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Pijin
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Pijin Speakers

Media Resources in Pijin:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Pijin:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2007 Bible Society of the South Pacific and Wycliffe Bible Translators, International✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Pijin bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Vanikoro 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 Vanikoro:
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 Vanikoro of Solomon Islands

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved.
readEphesians 2:4-5

Pray that those who have not yet received new life will be made alive together with Christ, saved by grace and raised up with Him to newness of life.

Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
readPsalm 47:6

Pray that believers will have a heart to invite others to trust in Christ alone so that they might sing praises to His name.

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.
readHebrews 10:36

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will patiently endure suffering and hardships and do God's will so that they may receive what He has promised.

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.
readLuke 10:1

Ask God to raise up, send out, and sustain Christians who can go together to share the good news of Jesus with those who need it.

Vano Across Countries (ROP3 - 110510) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
VanikoroPG010815VanikoroSolomon Islands275No Longer UnreachedPijinProtestantism

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