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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Jamaicans of Venezuela

The Jamaicans of Venezuela, numbering approximately 2,700 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as a community formed through migration from Jamaica to Venezuela that maintains a distinct Jamaican identity They are an Diaspora people, with Jamaican as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Afro-American people cluster of the North American Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism. They primarily speak Jamaican Creole English.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Jamaican

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: North American Peoples
Country: Venezuela
People Cluster: Afro-American
Primary Language(s): Jamaican Creole English (jam)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 2,700
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016473

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Pray for the Jamaicans of Venezuela

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Jamaican Creole English
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Jamaican English Creole Speakers

Media Resources in Jamaican Creole English:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Jamaican Creole English:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Bible Society of the West Indies✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Jamaican Creole English bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Jamaicans are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Jamaicans:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Jamaicans of Venezuela

I am the LORD, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me, that people may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.
readIsaiah 45:5-6

Pray that the lost among them will be delivered from the confusion of false beliefs and come to know the one true God who alone brings light and purpose to their lives.

And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way, walk in it,’ when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.
readIsaiah 30:21

As the lost in this people group seek to know the truth of who God is, pray that the Spirit of God will draw them to Himself and guide them in the way they should go.

Praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
readActs 2:47

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will use their faith and their church community as a testimony to the watching world and grow His Church.

Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.
readEphesians 6:13

Pray that God will send believers to the lost of this people group and that, as they share the gospel, they will take up the whole armor of God so that they can stand firm when trials come.

Jamaican Across Countries (ROP3 - 104168) reported in the following countries:

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11 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
JamaicansPG016387JamaicansJamaica2,765,000No Longer UnreachedJamaican Creole EnglishProtestantism
JamaicansPG043284JamaicansUnited States589,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
JamaicansPG000646JamaicansUnited Kingdom340,000No Longer UnreachedJamaican Creole EnglishProtestantism
JamaicansPG047381JamaicansCanada332,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
JamaicansPG024835JamaicansPanama210,000No Longer UnreachedJamaican Creole EnglishEthnoreligion
JamaicansPG024978JamaicansCosta Rica70,500No Longer UnreachedJamaican Creole EnglishEthnoreligion
JamaicansPG016241JamaicansColombia28,000No Longer UnreachedJamaican Creole EnglishFolk Catholicism
JamaicansPG022263JamaicansBahamas5,400No Longer UnreachedJamaican Creole EnglishFolk Catholicism
JamaicansPG022303JamaicansCuba4,900No Longer UnreachedJamaican Creole EnglishFolk Catholicism
JamaicansPG016473JamaicansVenezuela2,700No Longer UnreachedJamaican Creole EnglishProtestantism
JamaicansPG048546JamaicansGermany1,300No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism

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