Partners
Prayer Partners:
6 Current
4 Needed
Total Opportunity:
$30,296 Funded
$38,253 Needed
Demographics
- Location:
- Pacific
- Speakers:
- 16,700
- Start Year:
- 2008
- End Year:
- 2010
Reports to Investors
North Malaita IG Cluster
Video Updates
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Baelelea - Tell us about progress in the translation project. (0:19) -
Baelelea - How may we pray for the project? (0:43) -
Baelelea - Why did you want to work on the translation project? (0:27) -
Baelelea - What effect have the Gospels had on the Baelelea? (0:40) -
Baelelea - Why do your people need God's Word in their language? (0:49) -
Baelelea - How do you see God's Word changing people's lives? (0:40)
Languages participating in this cluster:
The Baegu and Baelelea people of the Solomon Islands live on the northern end of Malaita Island. Since a political coup in 2000, families struggle to find enough cash for basic supplies. Young people who are fortunate enough to go away to boarding school have difficulty finding work after graduation in the tight city job market, but don’t want to return to manual work in the village like their parents, either.
The first Christian missionaries arrived in Malaita in the early 1900s. Today most people consider themselves Christians. However, fear of spirits, witchcraft and cults is prevalent in the area. Many Christians are heavily influenced by the animistic worldview that lies just below the surface of Malaitan thinking. The New Testament in their mother tongue will help Baegu and Baelelea Christians gain a true understanding of who God is and what Christ did so they can stand strong against false teaching.
News from the Field
- Jun25
Baegu and Baelelea of The Solomon Islands
The Baegu and Baelelea people (total pop. 17,000) of North Malaita island are challenged to earn a living in the wake of a political coup in 2000. And while most call themselves Christians, fear of spirits, witchcraft and cults is prevalent in the area. Local churches long to see true and lasting transformation, but they need God’s Word in the languages of their people. They’ve been using the Bible in English, which many don’t understand well. - Mar16
North Malaita of Solomon Islands
The Baegu and Baelelea people of the Solomon Islands live on the northern end of Malaita Island. Since a political coup in 2000, families struggle to find enough cash for basic supplies. The first Christian missionaries arrived in the early 1900s. Today, most people consider themselves Christians. Fear of spirits, witchcraft and cults is prevalent in the area. One group teaches circumcision and keeping other Jewish rituals as the way to please God. They also believe they are Jews descended from Abraham.