The Mauritians of United Kingdom

The Mauritians of United Kingdom, numbering approximately 26,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a Mauritian diaspora community descended from the island's diverse African, Indian, Chinese, European, and Creole populations that preserves a distinct Mauritian cultural heritage in the United Kingdom They are an Diaspora people, with Mauritian Creole as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Other Sub-Saharan African people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism. They primarily speak Morisyen.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: United Kingdom
People Cluster: Other Sub-Saharan African
Primary Language(s): Morisyen (mfe)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 26,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000661
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

55%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Morisyen
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Morisyen Speakers

Media Resources in Morisyen:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Bible Resources in Morisyen:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Nouvo Testaman Dan Kreol Morisien✓✓✓

1 entry

Or check out the Morisyen bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Mauritians are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Mauritians:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Mauritians of United Kingdom

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.

Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized.
readActs 18:8

Pray that rulers and leaders will access the gospel, respond in faith, and be baptized, uniting with Christ and His Church, and influence others to follow Him.

Remember your mercy, O LORD, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.
readPsalm 25:6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember the merciful nature and steadfast love of God as they walk with Him daily.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
read2 Peter 3:9

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will patiently endure hardships as they share the gospel, knowing that the Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise.

Mauritian Creole Across Countries (ROP3 - 103998) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
All

4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Creole-MauritiansCreole-MauritiansMauritius276,000No Longer UnreachedMorisyenRoman Catholicism
MauritiansMauritiansUnited Kingdom26,500Engaged yet UnreachedMorisyenProtestantism
MauritiansMauritiansCanada11,500No Longer UnreachedMorisyenProtestantism
MauritiansMauritiansFrance1,000Unengaged and UnreachedMorisyenHinduism

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