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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Galibi Karibi of Suriname

The Galibi Karibi of Suriname, numbering approximately 4,100 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Amerindian group indigenous to the north coastal areas of South America and can also be known as Karina, Galibi, Caribe, Kalihna, Galibi do Oiapoque, Marwor, Galibi, Costal Carib, Galibí, Kalinã, Cariña, Galibi do Uaçá, Maraworno, Kalinya. They are an Indigenous people, in the South American Indigenous people cluster of the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion. They primarily speak Carib.

Galibi Karibi in United States photo
Photo courtesy of Joshua Project. Photo Source: Tribunal de Justiça do Amapá - Flickr Tribunal de Justiça do Amapá - Flickr Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: American Peoples
Country: Suriname
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Carib (car)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 4,100
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016429

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Carib
Language Family: Cariban

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Carib Speakers

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Next steps for the Galibi Karibi

The Galibi Karibi are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

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Send cross-cultural teams to discover and research this people group
Begin gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group

Next steps for the Galibi Karibi

The Galibi Karibi are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Next steps for the Galibi Karibi

The Galibi Karibi 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.

Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Galibi Karibi of Suriname

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
readRomans 6:4

Pray that those who need to surrender their lives to Christ will confess their sins and trust in Him, being united with Him in His death and resurrection, walking in newness of life.

For your steadfast love is great to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.
readPsalm 57:10

Pray that God will work, even in the hearts of hard-to-reach people, and that they will rejoice in His steadfast love and faithfulness.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
readPsalm 27:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will strengthen them when they face persecution of any kind for Jesus' name’s sake.

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
readEphesians 6:10

Ask God to strengthen believers with His mighty power so that as they cross cultures to share the gospel, they will stand firm against the schemes of the enemy.

Carib (ROP3 - 101886) reported in the following countries:

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