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The West Indian Blacks of Saint Lucia

The West Indian Blacks of Saint Lucia, numbering approximately 9,200 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Afro-Caribbean people who trace their full or partial ancestry to sub-Saharan Africa. They mostly adhere to Folk Catholicism and Virgin Islands Creole English is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Saint Lucia
People Cluster: Afro-Caribbean
Primary Language(s): Virgin Islands Creole English (vic)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 9,200
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016415

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Pray for the West Indian Blacks of Saint Lucia

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

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

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Virgin Islands English Creole Speakers

Media Resources in Virgin Islands Creole English:

Films:

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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

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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 Saint Lucia

For you, O LORD, are most high over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods.
readPsalm 97:9

Pray that those who don't yet know Him will recognize the Lord as the Most High and turn from spiritual darkness to worship Him above all else.

And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.
readActs 6:7

Pray that the Word of God will be increasingly available to these people in ways they will resonate with so that all may have a chance to respond to the good news of Jesus Christ.

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
read2 Corinthians 6:14

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and want to marry, they will be led to other believers and enter into godly marriages.

For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
readRomans 12:4-5

Ask God to send believers to people in other cultures and to help them use their gifts in harmony with others so that the body of Christ may be built up.

West Indian Black Across Countries (ROP3 - 110760) reported in the following countries:

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6 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
West Indian BlacksPG043681West Indian BlacksUnited States168,000No Longer UnreachedVirgin Islands Creole EnglishProtestantism
BermudiansPG016210BermudiansBermuda66,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
West Indian BlacksPG022414West Indian BlacksSint Maarten19,000No Longer UnreachedVirgin Islands Creole EnglishProtestantism
West Indian BlacksPG016415West Indian BlacksSaint Lucia9,200No Longer UnreachedVirgin Islands Creole EnglishFolk Catholicism
West Indian BlacksPG043504West Indian BlacksCanada8,700No Longer UnreachedVirgin Islands Creole EnglishProtestantism
West Indian BlacksPG016311West Indian BlacksDominica4,600No Longer UnreachedVirgin Islands Creole EnglishFolk Catholicism

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