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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Upper Guinea Crioulo of Netherlands

The Upper Guinea Crioulo of Netherlands, numbering approximately 14,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a diaspora community of Creole-speaking Bissau-Guineans in the Netherlands They are an Diaspora people, in the Other Sub-Saharan African people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Islam - Sunni. They primarily speak Guinea-Bissau Creole.

Upper Guinea Crioulo in Guinea-Bissau photo
Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Upper Guinea Crioulo

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Netherlands
People Cluster: Other Sub-Saharan African
Primary Language(s): Guinea-Bissau Creole (pov)
Primary Religion(s): Islam - Sunni
Population: 14,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000402
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Islam - Sunni
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Islam - Sunni Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Guinea-Bissau Creole
Language Family: Indo-European

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Guinea-Bissau Creole Speakers

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Next steps for the Upper Guinea Crioulo

The Upper Guinea Crioulo are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

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Send cross-cultural teams to discover and research this people group
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Next steps for the Upper Guinea Crioulo

The Upper Guinea Crioulo 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.

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

Next steps for the Upper Guinea Crioulo

The Upper Guinea Crioulo 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.

Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Upper Guinea Crioulo of Netherlands

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
readMatthew 5:6

Pray for those who are lost to desire righteousness and to be filled with the peace and purpose that only comes from following Jesus.

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 the gospel will advance among those who don’t know the good news of salvation in Jesus so that they might believe and trust in Jesus.

Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed.
readPsalm 34:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will see themselves as God sees them, with radiant faces and hearts that have been cleansed of all shame.

But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.
read2 Corinthians 3:16

Give thanks to God for believers around the world who are willing to cross cultures to share the gospel with those who are perishing. Pray that He will work through their witness to draw many to turn to Him.

Crioulo, Upper Guinea (ROP3 - 102314) reported in the following countries:

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