The Fijians of Canada

The Fijians of Canada, numbering approximately 9,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous Austronesian people of Fiji who speak Fijian and share a cultural heritage rooted in the Lapita traditions of the Pacific. Their society is characterized by strong kinship networks, traditional chiefly systems, and enduring island custom. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Fijian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: Fiji
Primary Language(s): Fijian (fij)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 9,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG047443
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Fijian
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Fijian Speakers

Media Resources in Fijian:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Bible Resources in Fijian:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Fijian New Version✓✓

1 entry

Or check out the Fijian bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

SPI: No longer Unreached

The Fijians 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 Fijians:
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 Fijians of Canada

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
readRomans 1:20

As God's creation declares His glory, pray that multitudes who don't know Him will see the works of His hands and desire to know more about the Creator.

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
readLuke 13:3

Pray that the lost will repent and believe the gospel, for without it, they will perish.

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
readJohn 10:28

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have assurance of eternal life, knowing that no one can snatch them out of the loving hand of Jesus.

Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father sends me, even so I am sending you."
readJohn 20:21

Ask God to raise up and send out believers cross-culturally who will go out in His authority and be sustained by His peace as they share the gospel with the lost.

Fijian Across Countries (ROP3 - 103015) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
All

7 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▲PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
FijiansFijiansAustralia72,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
FijiansFijiansCanada9,500No Longer UnreachedFijianProtestantism
FijiansFijiansFiji480,000No Longer UnreachedFijianProtestantism
FijiansFijiansNew Zealand18,000No Longer UnreachedFijianProtestantism
FijiansFijiansSolomon Islands2,400No Longer UnreachedFijianProtestantism
FijiansFijiansUnited States4,500No Longer UnreachedFijianProtestantism
FijiansFijiansVanuatu950No Longer UnreachedFijianProtestantism

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