The Lesser Antillean Creoles of Antigua and Barbuda

The Lesser Antillean Creoles of Antigua and Barbuda, numbering approximately 96,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an Afro-Caribbean creole people of Antigua and Barbuda descended mainly from enslaved Africans and shaped by British colonial influence. Their creole language and shared island culture form a distinctive Eastern Caribbean identity They are an Indigenous people, with Afro-Antiguan as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Afro-American people cluster of the North American Peoples. They mostly adhere to Folk Catholicism and Antigua and Barbuda Creole English is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: North American Peoples
Country: Antigua and Barbuda
People Cluster: Afro-American
Primary Language(s): Antigua and Barbuda Creole English (aig)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 96,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016187
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

70%
%
Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Antigua and Barbuda Creole English
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Leeward Caribbean English Creole Speakers

Media Resources in Antigua and Barbuda Creole English:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Antigua and Barbuda Creole English:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Lesser Antillean Creoles 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 Lesser Antillean Creoles:
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

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Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming.
readColossians 3:5-6

Pray for God to have mercy and give those who don't yet know Him the gift of Jesus and His salvation for all who call upon His name.

Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.
readMark 10:14b

Praise Jesus for the way He loves children, asking that many will learn the truth about Him and come to Him unhindered.

Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.
readPsalm 6:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will remind them that He is near and will help them place their hope in Him when others wish to do them harm.

The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
readActs 17:30

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will boldly and lovingly declare that God commands all people everywhere to repent.

Afro-Antiguan Across Countries (ROP3 - 100386) reported in the following countries:

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