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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The West Indian Blacks of British Virgin Islands

The West Indian Blacks of British Virgin Islands, numbering approximately 30,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a British Virgin Islands community descended from enslaved Africans first recorded on Tortola in 1665, growing to thousands under plantation slavery before 1834 abolition, after which many freed islanders became independent fishers and farmers. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Virgin Islands Creole English is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: West Indian Black

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: North American Peoples
Country: British Virgin Islands
People Cluster: Afro-American
Primary Language(s): Virgin Islands Creole English (vic)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 30,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016214
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Pray for the West Indian Blacks of British Virgin Islands

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

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

100%
%
Virgin Islands English Creole Speakers

Media Resources in Virgin Islands Creole English:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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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

Or check out the Virgin Islands Creole English bible at Bible.com

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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 British Virgin Islands

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRom 6:23

Pray that those who haven't heard yet will hear and believe that the wages of their sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
readJames 4:4

Pray that the lost will be convicted of their friendship with the world, which is hostility toward God, and that they will turn from their sin and embrace the grace and mercy of God through Christ Jesus.

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works.
readHebrews 10:24

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will love and encourage one another, spurring each other on to live lives that honor God.

Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.”
readPsalm 96:10

Pray for God to put in the hearts of believers to go to the lost and testify about the Lord who reigns.

Virgin Islanders Across Countries (ROP3 - 115466) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Virgin IslandersPG050258Virgin IslandersVirgin Islands80,000No Longer UnreachedVirgin Islands Creole EnglishFolk Catholicism
West Indian BlacksPG016214West Indian BlacksBritish Virgin Islands30,000No Longer UnreachedVirgin Islands Creole EnglishProtestantism

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