People group profile · PG010817
The Vaturanga of the Solomon Islands
The Vaturanga of the Solomon Islands, numbering about 3,900 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a West Guadalcanal people whose Vaturanga dialect of Ghari became widely used in mission and liturgical translation, part of a shared kastom culture with the neighboring Nggae, Ngeri, and Tambulivu since regular outside contact began around 1800.
They are an indigenous people in the Solomons people cluster of the Pacific Islander Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism, and they primarily speak Ghari.
Fast facts
- Country
- Solomon Islands
- Population
- 3,900
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Solomons
- Primary language
- Ghari (gri)
- Primary religion
- Roman Catholicism
- 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 Vaturanga 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 Vaturanga
- 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
Roman Catholicism · Christianity
Primary language
Ghari · Austronesian family
100% speak Ghari
Gospel resources in Ghari
- Bible available, published 1998
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 1989 The Bible Society in the South Pacific · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Vaturanga
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- 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.
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