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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Southeast Ambrym of Vanuatu

The Southeast Ambrym of Vanuatu, numbering approximately 6,700 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an Austronesian people of southeastern Ambrym island in Vanuatu, descended from Lapita culture settlers who arrived roughly 3,000 years ago, preserving UNESCO-recognized sand-drawing traditions alongside Christian faith and ancestral kastom beliefs They are an Indigenous people, with Ambrym as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Vanuatu people cluster of the Pacific Islander Peoples. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Southeast Ambrym is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2025). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Southeast Ambrym

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Vanuatu
People Cluster: Vanuatu
Primary Language(s): Southeast Ambrym (tvk)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 6,700
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG010961
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Southeast Ambrym
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Ambrym, Southeast Speakers

Media Resources in Southeast Ambrym:

Films:
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1 film

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Bible Resources in Southeast Ambrym:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Southeast Ambrym bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Southeast Ambrym 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 Southeast Ambrym:
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 Southeast Ambrym of Vanuatu

And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
readJohn 3:19

Pray that God will have mercy on those who love the darkness they are walking in and turn from their sin to faith in Christ.

There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard.
readPsalm 19:3

Pray that God will lead them to His Word, and where it is not available, ask that He will raise up those who will produce gospel media in their heart language.

But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.
readIsaiah 53:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will find comfort and spiritual healing as they remember the wounds of Christ, who understands their suffering because He also walked through suffering on their behalf.

Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.
readEphesians 6:13

Pray that God will send believers to the lost of this people group and that, as they share the gospel, they will take up the whole armor of God so that they can stand firm when trials come.

Ambrym, Southeast Across Countries (ROP3 - 100276) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Southeast AmbrymPG010961Southeast AmbrymVanuatu6,700No Longer UnreachedSoutheast AmbrymEthnoreligion

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