• PEOPLE NAME: VATURANGA OF SOLOMON ISLANDS


PEID: 10817

ROP: 110526

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Pacific Islanders

People Cluster: Solomons

Language: Ghari - (gri)

Alternate Name(s): Melanesian Sub-cluster, Ndi

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Solomon Islands

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Population: 3,600

Global Population: 3,600


PEID: 10817

ROP: 110526

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical


Overview: The Vaturanga of Solomon Islands, numbering 3,600, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Solomons people cluster within the Pacific Islanders affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Solomon Islands. Their primary language is Ghari. The primary religion practiced by the Vaturanga is Roman Catholicism, the largest branch of the Christian church and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world. Roman Catholicism teaches that it is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ and that its bishops are the successors of Christ.


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