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The West Indian Blacks of British Virgin Islands

The West Indian Blacks of British Virgin Islands, numbering approximately 30,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a British Virgin Islands community descended from enslaved Africans first recorded on Tortola in 1665, growing to thousands under plantation slavery before 1834 abolition, after which many freed islanders became independent fishers and farmers. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Virgin Islands Creole English is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: West Indian Black

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: North American Peoples
Country: British Virgin Islands
People Cluster: Afro-American
Primary Language(s): Virgin Islands Creole English (vic)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 30,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016214
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Pray for the West Indian Blacks of British Virgin Islands

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Virgin Islands Creole English
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Virgin Islands English Creole Speakers

Media Resources in Virgin Islands Creole English:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Virgin Islands Creole English:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Virgin Islands Creole English bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The West Indian Blacks 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 West Indian Blacks:
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 West Indian Blacks of British Virgin Islands

For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or?rulers?or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
readColossians 1:16

Pray for those who are lost among them, that they will come to know the One who created all things and holds all things together.

The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them.
readPsalm 104:8

Pray that they will see the hand of God in the beauty and order of the natural world, and that they will worship Him as the Creator and Sustainer of all things.

But you said, "I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude."
readGenesis 32:12

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will experience God's presence and protection even in difficult circumstances, knowing that He will make them fruitful.

For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.
read2 Corinthians 1:5

When any who might believe suffer for the sake of the gospel, ask God to deepen their understanding of His grace so that they may share it freely with those who have not received it.

Virgin Islanders Across Countries (ROP3 - 115466) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Virgin IslandersPG050258Virgin IslandersVirgin Islands80,000No Longer UnreachedVirgin Islands Creole EnglishFolk Catholicism
West Indian BlacksPG016214West Indian BlacksBritish Virgin Islands30,000No Longer UnreachedVirgin Islands Creole EnglishProtestantism

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