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The Antillean Creoles of Netherlands

The Antillean Creoles of Netherlands, numbering approximately 137,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnic community of mixed European, African, and Indigenous American ancestry. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Papiamento is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Antillean Creole

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Netherlands
People Cluster: Afro-Caribbean
Primary Language(s): Papiamento (pap)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 137,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG000392
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

79%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Papiamento
Language Family: Indo-European

96%
%
Papiamentu Speakers

Media Resources in Papiamento:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Papiamento:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Beibel Koriente Papiamentu✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Papiamento bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Antillean Creoles 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 Antillean Creoles:
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 Antillean Creoles of Netherlands

And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
readMatthew 28:16-20

Pray that those who don't yet know Him will encounter the risen Savior and be transformed by the power of His resurrection, becoming disciples who make disciples.

Moses said, "Please show me your glory." And he said, "I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name 'The LORD.' And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy."
readExodus 33:18-19

Pray that many will come to know the glory of God, which is revealed in Jesus Christ, and that they will rejoice in the mercy He offers them.

For the LORD takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation.
readPsalm 149:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be encouraged and feel immeasurably loved as they meditate on the fact that God takes pleasure in them.

Go on up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good news; lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, "Behold your God!"
readIsaiah 40:9

Pray for God to send and sustain believers to go and herald the good news to the lost here.

Antillean (Papiamentu) Across Countries (ROP3 - 100390) reported in the following countries:

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7 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Antillean CreolesPG047396Antillean CreolesCanada2,400No Longer UnreachedPapiamentoRoman Catholicism
Antillean CreolesPG048867Antillean CreolesSint Maarten7,100No Longer UnreachedPapiamentoFolk Catholicism
Antillean CreolesPG048548Antillean CreolesGermany17,500No Longer UnreachedPapiamentoFolk Catholicism
Antillean CreolesPG050579Antillean CreolesBonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba30,500No Longer UnreachedPapiamentoFolk Catholicism
Antillean CreolesPG016191Antillean CreolesAruba82,000No Longer UnreachedDutchFolk Catholicism
Antillean CreolesPG022316Antillean CreolesCuracao121,000No Longer UnreachedPapiamentoFolk Catholicism
Antillean CreolesPG000392Antillean CreolesNetherlands137,000No Longer UnreachedPapiamentoRoman Catholicism

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