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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Carolinians of Northern Mariana Islands

The Carolinians of Northern Mariana Islands, numbering approximately 3,900 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Micronesian ethnic group indigenous to the Caroline Islands in Oceania. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Carolinian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Northern Mariana Islands
People Cluster: Micronesian
Primary Language(s): Carolinian (cal)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 3,900
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG050225
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

70%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Carolinian
Language Family: Austronesian

90%
%
Carolinian Speakers

Media Resources in Carolinian:

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Bible Resources in Carolinian:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Carolinians 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 Carolinians:
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 Carolinians of Northern Mariana Islands

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
readMatthew 5:44-45

Pray for those who don't know Jesus to encounter believers who are kind and compassionate and that their imitation of Christ will serve as a testimony that attracts lost people to Jesus.

"O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me."
readJohn 17:25

Pray that the lost will come to know the Father and Jesus Christ, whom He has sent, and that they will be filled with His love and grace.

Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
readHebrews 10:35

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will hold unswervingly to their faith and to their confidence in Christ, which has a great reward.

Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.”
readPsalm 96:10

Pray for God to put in the hearts of believers to go to the lost and testify about the Lord who reigns.

Carolinian Across Countries (ROP3 - 101890) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
CaroliniansPG018337CaroliniansMicronesia3,400Unengaged and UnreachedCarolinianRoman Catholicism
CaroliniansPG047253CaroliniansUnited States225No Longer UnreachedCarolinianRoman Catholicism
CaroliniansPG050225CaroliniansNorthern Mariana Islands3,900No Longer UnreachedCarolinianRoman Catholicism

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