Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Pacific Islanders

People Cluster: New Caledonia

Language: Tayo - (cks)

Alternate Name(s): Melanesian Sub-cluster

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: New Caledonia

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Population: 26,000

Global Population: 26,000

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical

Overview: The Half-Melanesian of New Caledonia, numbering 26,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the New Caledonia people cluster within the Pacific Islanders affinity bloc. This people group is only found in New Caledonia. Their primary language is Tayo. The primary religion practiced by the Half-Melanesian 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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