People group profile · PG018335
The Kwaraae of the Solomon Islands
The Kwaraae of the Solomon Islands, numbering about 64,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are the largest language group of Malaita Island in the Solomon Islands, who trace their founding ancestor's arrival some twenty generations ago and, from the 1870s, worked as overseas plantation laborers in Fiji and Queensland.
They are an indigenous people in the Solomons people cluster of the Pacific Islander Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Kwara'ae.
Fast facts
- Country
- Solomon Islands
- Population
- 64,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Solomons
- Primary language
- Kwara'ae (kwf)
- 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 Kwaraae 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 Kwaraae
- 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
Kwara'ae · Austronesian family
100% speak Kwara'ae
Gospel resources in Kwara'ae
- Bible available, published 2019
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Kwara'ae)
Bibles
- 2003 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Kwaraae
- 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.
- 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.
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