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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Woleai-Ulithi of United States

The Woleai-Ulithi of United States, numbering approximately 150 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as a Micronesian ethnolinguistic grup indigenous to Ulithi Atoll and neighboring islands in the Federated States of Micronesia They are an Diaspora people, with Ulithian as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Micronesian people cluster of the Pacific Islander Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism. They primarily speak Ulithian.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Micronesian
Primary Language(s): Ulithian (uli)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 150
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG047230
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ulithian
Language Family: Austronesian

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Ulithian Speakers

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 2), 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): Moderately Reached People Group, (LPI: 5), 6% to 20% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical (GSEC: 5), this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical

Next steps for the Woleai-Ulithi:
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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Woleai-Ulithi 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.

Next steps for the Woleai-Ulithi:
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

SPI: No longer Unreached

The Woleai-Ulithi 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 Woleai-Ulithi:
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 Woleai-Ulithi of United States

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Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the LORD; exult before him!
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Pray that many will come to faith in Christ and share the gospel with others so that His salvation will be known among all nations.

Praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
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Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will use their faith and their church community as a testimony to the watching world and grow His Church.

"Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."
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Ask God to raise up believers and sustain them as they cross cultures to share hope with those who need it. Pray that many might come to know Christ and that streams of living water will flow from their hearts so they will never thirst again.

Ulithian Across Countries (ROP3 - 110385) reported in the following countries:

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