Key Stats
| Category | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Continent: | Pacific |
| Capital: | Saipan |
| Population: | 50,025 |
| % Urban: | 91.9 % |
| Official Language: | Chamorro; Carolinian; English |
| Languages: | 7 |
| Literacy Rate: | 97 % |
| Life Expectancy: | 77.2 yrs (64/236) |
| % Christian: | 85.2 % |
| % Evangelical: | 12.7 % |
| Largest Religion: | Christian |
| % Largest Religion: | 85.2 % |
| People Groups: | 11 |
| Least Reached People Groups: | 1 |
| % Unevangelized: | 1 % |
Northern Mariana Islands
The indigenous Chamorro majority were baptized as Catholics, but their deeper beliefs and worldview betray an underlying animist outlook. Pray that the light of the gospel may shine on this people. Although Catholicism’s influence is waning, evangelical outreach is only recent. Pray for the ministry of the numerous Bible-believing churches from various denominations and from the YWAM base in Saipan.
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