The Woleai-Ulithi of United States

The Woleai-Ulithi of United States, numbering approximately 150 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a diaspora community from the western Caroline Islands of Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia, with roots in the culturally related atoll societies of Ulithi and the Woleai region. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Ulithian is their primary language.

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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

100%
%
Ulithian Speakers

Media Resources in Ulithian:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Ulithian:

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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

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
readIsaiah 53:6

Pray that those who have wandered far from God will be drawn back to Him, recognizing their need for a Savior and finding forgiveness and new life in Christ.

Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear.
readMatthew 13:8-9

Pray that they will have open hearts and minds to the Word of God, and that it will take root in their lives and bear fruit for His glory.

For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them.
read1 Corinthians 9:19

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have hearts that want to serve the lost around them so that many might come to faith in Jesus.

For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.
read2 Corinthians 1:5

When any who might believe suffer for the sake of the gospel, ask God to deepen their understanding of His grace so that they may share it freely with those who have not received it.

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

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