Solomon Islands

The Anglican Melanesian Mission, Methodists, South Seas Evangelical Mission, and others planted churches across the islands; Solomon Islanders later became evangelists and missionaries throughout the archipelago. New churches in Solomon Islands should reflect the languages and pressures of nominal Christians. Patient friendship gives Solomon Islands’s believers a natural path to conversations with nominal Christians. Cyclones, earthquakes, tsunamis should shape how Solomon Islands’s churches train for emergency response. Christian education should prepare Solomon Islands’s next pastors to serve outside major cities. Solomon Islands reports no UPGs here, so renewal and cross-border mission become the larger challenge. Solomon Islands’s church must navigate this pressure faithfully: freedom is broad; church unity. Pray that churches in Solomon Islands will grow in Scripture, integrity, local ownership, and willingness to serve beyond familiar networks.