Papua New Guinea
A diverse and complex nation
About Papua New Guinea
- Political/social instability
- Difficulty in travel due to distance/geographical barriers
- Over 800 language groups
- Syncretism/Animism embedded in/with Christianity
- Mainly non-literate people group making teaching/training more challenging
- Population: 5,931,769 (July 2008 est.)
- Religions: Roman Catholic 27%, Evangelical Lutheran 19.5%, United Church 11.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10%, Pentecostal 8.6%, Evangelical Alliance 5.2%, Anglican 3.2%, Baptist 2.5%
- Languages: Melanesian Pidgin serves as the lingua franca, English spoken by 1%-2%, Motu spoken in Papua region, 820 indigenous languages spoken
- Quick Facts: Papua New Guinea-CIA World Factbook
- Joshua Project: Papua New Guinea: Least Reached People
Reaching Papua New Guinea
- The work in Papua is centered on orality—training national believers in presenting the gospel message through oral forms of communication such as storytelling, drama and music.
- ReachGlobal is also interested in assisting our national partner in community development: community health evangelism, literacy training and community improvements.
- ReachGlobal wants to create a team of churches to join a local EFCA church in support of PNG ministry.
- Prayer Facts: Operation World-Papua New Guinea
