1. Pacific Members of the APBF/ BWA
APBF : 33,224 local churches
Baptised members: 5.6 million
21 Countries
Country Population Baptists Churches % of Popn Chur. Av 1. PNG M , (2010)
2. NZ M , (2013) Australia M , (2013)
4. Fiji , , (2004)
5. Japan M , (2013)
6. S. Korea M , (2013)
7. Hong Kong M , (2013) Taiwan M , (2010)
9. Philippines M , ,829 (2013)
Indonesia M , (2012)
Hawaii M ? ? ?

4. A few of the Islands of the Pacific
Preliminary Research, August 2012 (Veryl Henderson)
Islands by name No. of Islands Population
(3 categories) Inhabited (total)
Polynesia
Hawaii (132) 1,374,810
2. Rotuma ,002
Samoa 9(10) ,000
 4. American Samoa 4 (4) ,159
 5. Tonga 52 (176) ,036
 6. Tuvalu (Ellice Is) 8 (9) ,373
7. Cook Islands ,569
 8. Wallis and Futuna ,289
 9. Tokelau ,400
 10. Niue ,398
 11. French Polynesia ,596
 12. Easter (Rapa Nui) ,034
249 (331) ,033,666

5. Islands by name No of Islands Population Inhabited (Total)
Melanesia 1. New Caledonia ,580
2. Zenadh Kes (Torres Straits) (274) ,089
3. Vanuatu (82) 243,304
4. Fiji (332) ,720
5. Solomon Islands , (688) ,051,487
Micronesia
1. Marianas 3 (15) 53,883
2. Guam ,358
3. Wake US Military
4. Palau 16(250) ,000
5. Marshall Islands 34(1156) ,000
6. Kiribati (Gilbert) ,834
7. Naura ,300
8. Federated States of Micronesia Chuuk (287) ,595
Korsrae 1(1) ,700
Pohnpei 8(8) ,000
Yap 22(134) ,241
157 (1851) , Total = (4,470) ,597,064

6. BAPTIST HISTORY IN THE FIJI ISLANDS
How it all began in Fiji
According to Baptist Historian William H. Brackney, the first Baptist work in Fiji started in 1969 with two churches and members were around 1, As of 2006 there were 14 small churches under the Fiji Baptist Convention.
(As recorded in the Global Baptist Timeline, the first general Baptist church started in 1609 in England.)
In the Oceania region the below is the summary of the start of Baptist work:
1962 – Mariana Assoc. of General Baptists
1969 – Baptists in Solomon Islands
1969 – Baptist Bible College, Kwinkia PNG
1973 – Fiji Baptist Mission
1976 – Baptists in Samoa
1977 – Baptist Union of PNG
1984 – Fiji Baptist Convention (FBC)

7. The Fiji Baptist Convention joined the Fiji Council of Churches in 1985.
The Fiji Baptist Convention also helped in the establishment of the Evangelical Fellowship of Fiji in 1989.
Christian Population
In 2015 the estimated total population in Fiji was 909,389 and Christians of all denominations were estimated as 539,000 or %of total population. Fiji Baptists are estimated to have 0.31% of total population or about 1,700 members.
The Independent Baptists have about churches and membership estimate of 1,100 or 0.20% of population. The Fiji Baptist Convention has about 7-8 churches with membership of est. 600 members or 0.11% of population.
Ministries like discipleship, leadership development, mission, and evangelism are mostly handled at local church level as the FBC is purely an umbrella body that meets quarterly to review progress of members and offer feedbacks and advice to assist in any improvement and capacity building.

8. Major challenges facing Baptist churches and FBC
- FBC has not grown as much as it should have- whilst the independent Baptists have seen more growth through the years. - Capacity Building, Unity in diversity, Synergy and more fulltime workers are some of the major challenges that the Baptists face in Fiji.
There is need for a more detailed survey to find out the actual performance of Baptists in Fiji
There is need to mentor and train future leaders and young Baptists, not only for Fiji but also to be missionaries to go to the other Pacific countries and selected countries in the Asia Pacific region.
- Christian Leadership Center in Valelevu (Suva) where Unity Baptist Church is based will need to be revived to provide short term training in leadership, church planting, life skills and computer skills etc. On-line training with accredited institutions can be established with the introduction of ICT room.