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The Mawan of Papua New Guinea

The Mawan of Papua New Guinea, numbering approximately 950 people, are No Longer Unreached.
They are described as an indigenous ethnic group of Papua New Guinea and can also be known as .
They are an Indigenous people, with Mawan as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the New Guinea people cluster of the Pacific Islander Peoples.
Their primary religion is Christianity - Protestantism.
They primarily speak Tok Pisin.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Mawan are Unengaged and Unreached, 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.

Unreached yet Engaged

The Mawan 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.

No longer Unreached

The Mawan 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.

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