• PEOPLE NAME: GARIFUNA OF GUADELOUPE

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PEID: 22293

ROP: 101510

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Other Central American Indigenous

Language: Virgin Islands Creole English - (vic)

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Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Guadeloupe

Also found in: Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; United States

Population: 4,100

Global Population: 291,800


PEID: 22293

ROP: 101510

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical


Overview: The Garifuna of Guadeloupe, numbering 4,100, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Other Central American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 291,800 in 6 countries. Their primary language is Virgin Islands Creole English. The primary religion practiced by the Garifuna is Roman Catholicism, the largest branch of the Christian church and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world. Roman Catholicism teaches that it is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ and that its bishops are the successors of Christ.


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