• PEOPLE NAME: ANTILLES (ENGLISH) OF SINT MAARTEN

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Afro-Caribbean

Language: English - (eng)

Alternate Name(s):

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Sint Maarten

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Population: 5,400

Global Population: 5,400


PEID: 48868

ROP: 100389

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Antilles (English) of Sint Maarten, numbering 5,400, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Afro-Caribbean people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Sint Maarten. Their primary language is English. The primary religion practiced by the Antilles (English) is folk Catholicism, characterized by local expressions of faith that combine Catholic traditions with local animistic rituals, resulting in syncretized forms of Catholicism that diverge from official church doctrine and practice.


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