The British of British Virgin Islands

The British of British Virgin Islands, numbering approximately 1,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are the peoples of Great Britain whose culture has been shaped by the interaction of English, Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Irish traditions, alongside centuries of migration, maritime connections, industrialization, and imperial influence. They mostly adhere to Unaffiliated and English is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: British Virgin Islands
People Cluster: Anglo-Celt
Primary Language(s): English (eng)
Primary Religion(s): Unaffiliated
Population: 1,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016211
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Unaffiliated
Religious Affiliation: Unaffiliated

65%
%
Unaffiliated Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: English
Language Family:

100%
%
English Speakers

Media Resources in English:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The British 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 British:
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 British of British Virgin Islands

And Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the command of the Lord your God, with which he commanded you."
read1 Samuel 13:13a

Pray that those who are walking in disobedience will recognize their sin and to turn to God.

Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
readPsalm 67:3

Pray that God will be working in people's hearts, give them opportunities to receive the gospel, and bring many to faith in Himself.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved.
readEphesians 2:4-5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember God's mercy and grace and experience joy as they walk in new life with Christ.

To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
read1 Corinthians 9:22

Ask God to raise up believers from around the world to go and share the hope of Jesus with the lost so that they might trust in Him and have the hope of eternal life.

British Across Countries (ROP3 - 102927) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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44 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BritishBritishVenezuela7,200No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishZimbabwe5,900No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishBarbados7,900No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishBelize3,100No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishBritish Virgin Islands1,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishCayman Islands14,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishColombia3,700No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishGrenada2,800No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishGuyana2,300No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishJamaica28,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishTrinidad and Tobago13,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishZambia35,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishArgentina10,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishChile6,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishPeru9,300No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishSingapore60,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishNew Zealand92,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishUnited Kingdom46,470,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishUnited States775,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
BritishBritishCanada1,300,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
BritishBritishIndia43,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishSweden32,000No Longer UnreachedSwedishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishKenya57,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishGibraltar4,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishLuxembourg7,700No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishMalta11,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishMonaco2,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishBangladesh11,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishNepal3,300No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
BritishBritishPakistan19,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
BritishBritishSri Lanka21,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
BritishBritishBrunei6,600No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishMalaysia17,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishGermany117,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishTanzania10,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishUganda4,900No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishAngola2,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishBotswana7,100No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishLesotho425No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishMalawi13,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishNamibia2,400No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishSeychelles4,900No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishSouth Africa2,215,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishEswatini2,800No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated

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