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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Haitians of United States

The Haitians of United States, numbering approximately 718,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are 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 mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Haitian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Afro-Caribbean
Primary Language(s): Haitian (hat)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 718,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG046510
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Pray for the Haitians of United States

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

79%
%
Roman 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

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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

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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 United States

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
readRomans 5:10

Pray that any who may be enemies of God will grasp the depth of God's love demonstrated through Christ's death for the ungodly, and be reconciled to Him.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
readJohn 14:6

Pray that those who are searching for a way to God and desiring truth will encounter the good news of eternal life and accept it.

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
readPsalm 51:10

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will quickly repent when they sin and walk with clean hearts and right spirits as they grow in their relationship with the Lord.

And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.
readMatthew 7:28-29

Pray that God will remind believers that they have His authority as they share His truth with the lost, and pray He will draw crowds of people to this message and plant it deeply in their hearts.

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

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11 people groups

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

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

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