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Solomon Islands

Region:Oceania
Capital:
Population:523,617
Area (sq km):27,556
FIPS Country Code:BP
ISO Country Code:SB
GRN Office:Language Recordings Inc (Solomon Islands)

About the Solomon Islands

The Solomon Islands is a small country, consisting of 7 major volcanic islands plus numerous smaller coral atolls.

The capital is Honiara on Guadalcanal Island.

The population as at 2000 was made up of Melanesians 90.7%; Polynesians 3.7%; Other 5.6%.

Literacy is 54%, the lowest literacy rate in the Pacific.

The official language English. Trade language, Solomons Pijin, spoken by half the population.

There are a total of 66 languages, but up to 120 if distinct dialects are included.

Two languages have full Bibles, and 10 have New Testaments.

There is freedom of religion with a strong Christian emphasis. Cargo Cults = 1.92% of population; Traditional ethnic = 1.50%; Baha'i = 0.40%

The land has been so exposed to the gospel that only pockets of animists on Guadalcanal and Malaita resist it. Yet the continued influence of syncretistic or almost pagan 'cargo cults', which have prompted an exodus from churches in the past, shows the need for a personal appropriation of the gospel by each generation.

Information from Operation World

Map of Solomon Islands

Map of Solomon Islands

Languages and dialects spoken in Solomon Islands

News about Solomon Islands

Adopt a Recording Project - Churches:

Short Term Mission in the Solomon Islands: Partner with GRN to distribute evangelical materials in the Solomon Islands.

Solomon Islands - Latest News: The latest Global Recordings Network News from the Solomon Islands.

Pray for the Solomon Islands: Partner with us in prayer for the work of GRN and the spread of the Gospel in the Solomon Islands.

Adopt a Recording Project - Solomon Islands Case Study 2:29 mins.: One Sydney church has adopted the Lango language as their missions project.

Short Term Mission - Solomon Islands 1:29 mins.: Your church or organisation can partner with GRN to organise a short term mission experience. Participate in recording and distributing recordings of the gospel to a least reached people group.

Solomon Islands - The Work 2:52 mins.: Jones Sanga, Solomon Islands GRN Director speaks on the work and what makes the Solomons suitable for a church short term mission.

Hearing God's Word in the jungle: David Hughes from GRN Australia has just returned from a visit to the Solomon Islands where he observed GRN's audio recording ministry first-hand.

An island full of water hazards: David Hughes has just returned from a visit to the Solomon Islands . . .

Jesus speaks Roviana!: The cult leader readily accepted our request to present our program the next night. We felt that God was miraculously opening the way for us.

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