Vietnamese of New Caledonia (PGID: PG018377)

The Vietnamese of New Caledonia

The Vietnamese of New Caledonia, numbering approximately 4,200 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an ethnic Kinh community indigenous to Vietnam. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Vietnamese is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: New Caledonia
People Cluster: Vietnamese
Primary Language(s): Vietnamese (vie)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 4,200
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG018377
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Vietnamese
Language Family: Austroasiatic

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Vietnamese Speakers

Media Resources in Vietnamese:

Films:

Title	Link
JESUS	View Film
JESUS	View Film
Magdalena	View Film
Magdalena	View Film

4 films

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Bible Resources in Vietnamese:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio	Text
1924 Khoi-Cadman		✓
2002 Bible League International			✓
Ban Dich 2011			✓
Revised Vietnamese Version	✓
Vietnamese Old Version		✓	✓
Word of God for Everyone (Catholic)	✓	✓	✓

6 entries

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), 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.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

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Pray specifically for the Vietnamese of New Caledonia

In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 5:16

Pray that those who are deceived about what brings peace will not settle for any lies they’ve heard about God and will diligently seek Him and be satisfied when they learn the truth about who He is and what He’s done.

Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
Psalm 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 I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have confidence in their salvation, knowing that nothing can separate them from the One who conquered death and loves them as His children.

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12

Pray that God will make His living and active Word available to everyone in this people group so that many will respond to the gospel. Ask Him to provide Jesus-followers to walk with new believers as they grow in Him.

Kinh Across Countries (ROP3 - 105018) reported in the following countries:

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24 people groups

People Group ID	Name	Country	Population	Strategic Progress Index ▼	Language	Religion
PG046599	Vietnamese	Malaysia	85,000	No Longer Unreached	Vietnamese	Confucianism
PG020963	Vietnamese	Laos	139,000	No Longer Unreached	Vietnamese	Ethnoreligion
PG018514	Vietnamese	New Zealand	4,900	No Longer Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG010933	Vietnamese	Thailand	119,000	No Longer Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG008087	Vietnamese	Australia	336,000	No Longer Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG000445	Vietnamese	Netherlands	8,800	No Longer Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG050668	Vietnamese	Japan	654,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Ethnoreligion
PG050598	Vietnamese	Hong Kong	46,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG048428	Vietnamese	Russian Federation	150,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Ancestor Worship
PG048427	Vietnamese	Taiwan	217,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Ancestor Worship
PG043675	Vietnamese	United States	1,605,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG043501	Vietnamese	Canada	258,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG033510	Vietnamese	Germany	83,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG033474	Vietnamese	Vietnam	85,770,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG008197	Vietnamese	Cambodia	535,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG000777	Vietnamese	Czech Republic	60,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG000694	Vietnamese	United Kingdom	100,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG000207	Vietnamese	France	656,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG050595	Vietnamese	Macao	18,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Vietnamese	Folk Buddhism
PG024326	Vietnamese	Uzbekistan	450	Unengaged and Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG018377	Vietnamese	New Caledonia	4,200	Unengaged and Unreached	Vietnamese	Roman Catholicism
PG016394	Vietnamese	Martinique	375	Unengaged and Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG011093	Vietnamese	Vanuatu	500	Unengaged and Unreached	Vietnamese	Roman Catholicism
PG007420	Vietnamese	China	2,800	Unengaged and Unreached	Vietnamese	Atheism

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