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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Hawaiians of United States

The Hawaiians of United States, numbering approximately 589,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Polynesian ethnic group indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Hawaiian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Polynesian
Primary Language(s): Hawaiian (haw)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 589,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG043265
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Pray for the Hawaiians of United States

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hawaiian
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Hawaiian Speakers

Media Resources in Hawaiian:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Hawaiian:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Hawaiians 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 Hawaiians:
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 Hawaiians of United States

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.
readMatthew 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.

Then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
readGenesis 2:7

Pray that Christians will be able to share the hope of Christ with suffering people and that He will breathe new life into their souls.

The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
readLamentations 3:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the goodness of the Lord as they wait on Him to answer their cries for help.

There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.
readMark 7:15

Pray for Christians to take any opportunity to share the hope of Jesus with lost people here, praying they will be wise like Jesus as they share the truth about what can defile people and what can make them clean.

Hawaiian Across Countries (ROP3 - 103738) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
HawaiiansPG043265HawaiiansUnited States589,000No Longer UnreachedHawaiianProtestantism
HawaiiansPG050514HawaiiansCanada3,700No Longer UnreachedEnglishPolytheism

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