The Polonombauk of Vanuatu

The Polonombauk of Vanuatu, numbering approximately 600 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Vanuatu. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Polonombauk is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Vanuatu
People Cluster: Vanuatu
Primary Language(s): Polonombauk (plb)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 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: PG011051
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Pray for the Polonombauk of Vanuatu

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

52%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Polonombauk
Language Family: Austronesian

68%
%
Atin Speakers

Media Resources in Polonombauk:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Polonombauk:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Polonombauk bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Polonombauk 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 Polonombauk:
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 Polonombauk of Vanuatu

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.

More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
readRomans 5:11

Pray for the gospel to advance and for more people to be brought into God's family through the reconciliation Jesus offers them.

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.
readRevelation 21:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and walk through challenges, they will find comfort in God's promise of a beautiful future when there is no pain or suffering for those who belong to Christ.

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.

Polonombauk Across Countries (ROP3 - 108101) reported in the following countries:

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