People group profile · PG010731
The Babatana of the Solomon Islands
The Babatana of the Solomon Islands, numbering about 14,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a South Choiseul people first contacted by missionaries and settled on the best coastal land, later triggering disputes with more powerful inland clans, their numbers earlier reduced by headhunting and disease in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
They are an indigenous people in the Solomons people cluster of the Pacific Islander Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Babatana.
Fast facts
- Country
- Solomon Islands
- Population
- 14,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Solomons
- Primary language
- Babatana (baa)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC ?
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Melanesia, Oceania
Where they live
Gospel status
The Babatana are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Babatana
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Protestantism · Christianity
Primary language
Babatana · Austronesian family
100% speak Babatana
Gospel resources in Babatana
- Bible available, published 1998
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Babatana
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
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