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The Surinamese Creoles of Curacao

The Surinamese Creoles of Curacao, numbering approximately 2,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Afro-Caribbean ethnolinguistic group whose identity is linked to the culture of Suriname. They mostly adhere to Folk Catholicism and Sranan Tongo is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Surinamese Creole

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Curacao
People Cluster: Afro-Caribbean
Primary Language(s): Sranan Tongo (srn)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 2,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016405
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

33%
%
Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Sranan Tongo
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Sranan Tongo Speakers

Media Resources in Sranan Tongo:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Sranan Tongo:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Wortu fu Gado✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Sranan Tongo bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Surinamese 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 Surinamese 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

Pray specifically for the Surinamese Creoles of Curacao

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.

Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. And he said, ā€˜Naked I came from my motherā€™s womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.ā€™ In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.
readJob 1:20-22

Pray that those who mourn will worship God in the midst of their suffering and loss, recognizing He is the source of all good things and that He is worthy of their praise and trust.

For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them.
read1 Corinthians 9:19

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have hearts that want to serve the lost around them so that many might come to faith in Jesus.

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
readEphesians 6:12

Ask God to give those He sends to cross cultures the discernment they need to recognize the spiritual battle they are fighting. Pray God will protect their faith as they abide in Him.

Surinamese Creole Across Countries (ROP3 - 109625) reported in the following countries:

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5 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ā–¼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Surinamese CreolesPG000438Surinamese CreolesNetherlands258,000No Longer UnreachedDutchRoman Catholicism
Surinamese CreolesPG016438Surinamese CreolesSuriname163,000No Longer UnreachedDutchProtestantism
SurinamersPG047307SurinamersUnited States22,000No Longer UnreachedSranan TongoProtestantism
SurinamersPG016342SurinamersFrench Guiana20,500No Longer UnreachedSranan TongoEthnoreligion
Surinamese CreolesPG016405Surinamese CreolesCuracao2,000No Longer UnreachedSranan TongoFolk Catholicism

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