The Javanese of New Caledonia

The Javanese of New Caledonia, numbering approximately 8,700 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Javanese-speaking community of mixed ethnicity with roots in New Caledonia. They are an Indigenous people, in the Jawa people cluster of the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Unaffiliated - Atheism. They primarily speak Javanese, New Caledonian.

Javanese in New Caledonia photo
Photo courtesy of Joshua Project. Photo Source: Franc Le Blanc

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Peoples
Country: New Caledonia
People Cluster: Jawa
Primary Language(s): Javanese, New Caledonian (jas)
Primary Religion(s): Unaffiliated - Atheism
Population: 8,700
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity
People Group ID: PG018342
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Unaffiliated - Atheism
Religious Affiliation: Unaffiliated

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Unaffiliated - Atheism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Javanese, New Caledonian
Language Family: Austronesian

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Javanese, New Caledonian Speakers

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Next steps for the Javanese

The Javanese are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

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Next steps for the Javanese

The Javanese are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Next steps for the Javanese

The Javanese 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.

Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Javanese of New Caledonia

For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.
readRomans 1:19

Pray that God will use testimony of creation to cause those who do not yet know the gospel to long for truth and a relationship with the Author of life.

The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.
readActs 17:24-25

Pray that the good news will reach everyone in this people group and that many will come to know and serve the one true God who made the world and everything in it and lives today.

In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?
readPsalm 56:10-11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the Lord's promises, knowing that He will uphold them with His righteous right hand.

Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
readActs 17:29

Pray that God will send out laborers to tell people of the one true God and, as the good news is shared, bring about repentance and belief as they turn from idols and follow Jesus.

New Caledonian Javanese (ROP3 - 107213) reported in the following countries:

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