People group profile · PG011002
The Lametin of Vanuatu
The Lametin of Vanuatu, numbering about 800 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous Oceanic people of central Espiritu Santo Island whose Lametin identity is associated with the Merei language and villages between the Ora and Lape rivers.
They are an indigenous people in the Vanuatu people cluster of the Pacific Islander Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Merei.
Fast facts
- Country
- Vanuatu
- Population
- 800
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Vanuatu
- Primary language
- Merei (lmb)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC ?
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- Melanesia, Oceania
Where they live
Gospel status
The Lametin are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Lametin
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
55% adherents
Primary language
Merei · Austronesian family
68% speak Merei
Gospel resources in Merei
- Bible available, published 2014
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not 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 Lametin
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
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