The Turks and Caicos Creole of Turks and Caicos Islands

The Turks and Caicos Creole of Turks and Caicos Islands, numbering approximately 49,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic community of Turks and Caicos Islands (Ethnologue 16) They are an Indigenous people, with Turks and Caicos as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Afro-Caribbean people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism. They primarily speak Turks and Caicos English Creole.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Turks and Caicos Islands
People Cluster: Afro-Caribbean
Primary Language(s): Turks and Caicos English Creole (tch)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 49,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016451

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

58%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Turks and Caicos English Creole
Language Family: Indo-European

75%
%
Turks and Caicos English Creole Speakers

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 2), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Moderately Reached People Group, (LPI: 5), 6% to 20% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical (GSEC: 6), this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical

Next steps for the Turks and Caicos Creole:
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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Turks and Caicos Creole are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Turks and Caicos Creole:
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Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

SPI: No longer Unreached

The Turks and Caicos Creole 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 Turks and Caicos Creole:
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

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Turks and Caicos Creole Across Countries (ROP3 - 110309) reported in the following countries:

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