Garifuna of Guadeloupe (PGID: PG022293)

The Garifuna of Guadeloupe

The Garifuna of Guadeloupe, numbering approximately 4,200 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Afro-Indigenous people of Central America's Caribbean coast descended from African, Arawak, and Kalinago ancestors. They speak Garifuna, an Arawakan language, and maintain a distinct maritime cultural heritage. 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: Guadeloupe
People Cluster: Central American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Virgin Islands Creole English (vic)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 4,200
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG022293

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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:

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Bible Resources in Virgin Islands Creole English:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Garifuna 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 Garifuna:

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 Garifuna of Guadeloupe

I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.
Proverbs 8:17

As many search for hope, pray they will discover materials that will lead them to Jesus and explain the gospel in a way they will resonate with.

"Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool."
Isaiah 1:18

Pray that God will make a way for the gospel to reach many through means they can understand and access, that they will receive the good news with joy, and that they will experience complete forgiveness and cleansing from their sin that Jesus offers through His sacrifice.

For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them.
1 Corinthians 9:19

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have hearts that want to serve the lost around them so that many might come to faith in Jesus.

"For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you."
Acts 17:23

Pray that believers God sends to cross cultures will be sensitive to the spiritual needs of the people they serve, and will proclaim the truth of Christ to them in creative ways that they will understand.

Garifuna Across Countries (ROP3 - 101510) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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6 people groups

People Group ID	Name	Country	Population ▼	Strategic Progress Index	Language	Religion
PG024763	Garifuna	Honduras	205,000	No Longer Unreached	Garifuna	Ethnoreligion
PG047649	Garifuna	United States	72,000	No Longer Unreached	Garifuna	Roman Catholicism
PG024711	Garifuna	Guatemala	21,500	No Longer Unreached	Garifuna	Folk Catholicism
PG022293	Garifuna	Guadeloupe	4,200	No Longer Unreached	Virgin Islands Creole English	Folk Catholicism
PG024796	Garifuna	Nicaragua	3,500	No Longer Unreached	Garifuna	Ethnoreligion
PG016416	Garifuna	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2,400	No Longer Unreached	Garifuna	Folk Catholicism

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