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The Avau of Papua New Guinea

The Avau of Papua New Guinea, numbering approximately 20,000 people, are No Longer Unreached.
They are described as an indigenous ethnic group of Papua New Guinea.
They are an Indigenous people in the New Guinea people cluster of the Pacific Islander Peoples affinity bloc.
Avau is their primary language and Roman Catholicism is their primary religion.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Avau 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 Avau 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 Avau 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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Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
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You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance.
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Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember that God is their hiding place and that He will preserve them in the midst of trials.

And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”
readRomans 10:15

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