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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Haitians of Cuba

The Haitians of Cuba, numbering approximately 38,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an Afro-Caribbean people descended primarily from West and Central Africans brought to colonial Saint-Domingue; they speak Haitian Creole and share a distinct cultural identity shaped by African, Caribbean, and French influences They are an Diaspora people, with Haitian as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Afro-Caribbean people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Catholicism. They primarily speak Haitian.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Cuba
People Cluster: Afro-Caribbean
Primary Language(s): Haitian (hat)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 38,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG022302
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

79%
%
Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Haitian
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Haitian Creole Speakers

Media Resources in Haitian:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Haitian:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1999 Haitian Bible Society✓✓✓
2016 Edition✓
Alliance Biblique Universelle, 1985✓

3 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Haitian bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Haitians 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 Haitians:
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 Haitians of Cuba

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
readRomans 10:14

Pray that those who haven't heard will hear the Word of Christ and believe in Him, calling upon the name of the Lord to be saved.

Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
readPsalm 67:3

Pray that God will be working in people's hearts, give them opportunities to receive the gospel, and bring many to faith in Himself.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
readPsalm 23:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the Lord's presence, even in the darkest valleys.

To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel.
readEphesians 6:18b-19

Ask God to give believers He sends to the lost of this people group the boldness and clarity to proclaim the mystery of the gospel in a way that people can understand.

Haitian Across Countries (ROP3 - 103642) reported in the following countries:

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11 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▼PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
HaitiansPG046510HaitiansUnited States718,000No Longer UnreachedHaitianRoman Catholicism
HaitiansPG022269HaitiansMartinique2,800No Longer UnreachedHaitianFolk Catholicism
HaitiansPG022271HaitiansJamaica59,500No Longer UnreachedHaitianFolk Catholicism
HaitiansPG016376HaitiansHaiti11,590,000No Longer UnreachedHaitianFolk Catholicism
HaitiansPG022292HaitiansGuadeloupe14,000No Longer UnreachedHaitianFolk Catholicism
HaitiansPG016336HaitiansFrench Guiana27,000No Longer UnreachedHaitianFolk Catholicism
HaitiansPG016321HaitiansDominican Republic279,000No Longer UnreachedHaitianFolk Catholicism
HaitiansPG016307HaitiansDominica2,600No Longer UnreachedHaitianFolk Catholicism
HaitiansPG022302HaitiansCuba38,000No Longer UnreachedHaitianFolk Catholicism
HaitiansPG043402HaitiansCanada177,000No Longer UnreachedHaitianRoman Catholicism
HaitiansPG050295HaitiansBahamas28,000No Longer UnreachedHaitianFolk Catholicism

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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