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The West Indian Blacks of Dominica

The West Indian Blacks of Dominica, numbering approximately 4,600 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Afro-Caribbean people who trace their full or partial ancestry to sub-Saharan Africa. They mostly adhere to Folk Catholicism 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: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Dominica
People Cluster: Afro-Caribbean
Primary Language(s): Virgin Islands Creole English (vic)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 4,600
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016311

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Pray for the West Indian Blacks of Dominica

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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:

Films:

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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

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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 Dominica

And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
readMatthew 6:7-8

Pray that those who don't have a relationship with their Creator will come to know a God who hears their every need, freeing them from empty rituals and drawing them into a real, trusting relationship with Him.

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
readJohn 3:14-15

Pray that the lost will look to Jesus lifted up on the cross and believe in Him, gaining eternal life with God.

But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.
readTitus 3:4-5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and might struggle with temptation to trust in their own works, they will remember that it is only because of God's mercy that they have been saved.

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.

West Indian Black Across Countries (ROP3 - 110760) reported in the following countries:

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6 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
West Indian BlacksPG043681West Indian BlacksUnited States168,000No Longer UnreachedVirgin Islands Creole EnglishProtestantism
West Indian BlacksPG043504West Indian BlacksCanada8,700No Longer UnreachedVirgin Islands Creole EnglishProtestantism
West Indian BlacksPG022414West Indian BlacksSint Maarten19,000No Longer UnreachedVirgin Islands Creole EnglishProtestantism
West Indian BlacksPG016415West Indian BlacksSaint Lucia9,200No Longer UnreachedVirgin Islands Creole EnglishFolk Catholicism
West Indian BlacksPG016311West Indian BlacksDominica4,600No Longer UnreachedVirgin Islands Creole EnglishFolk Catholicism
BermudiansPG016210BermudiansBermuda66,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism

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