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The Afro-Guyanese of Suriname

The Afro-Guyanese of Suriname, numbering approximately 141,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a community of Sub-Saharan African descent with roots in Guyana. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Guyanese Creole English is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Suriname
People Cluster: Afro-Caribbean
Primary Language(s): Guyanese Creole English (gyn)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 141,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG022264
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Guyanese Creole English
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Guyanese English Creole Speakers

Media Resources in Guyanese Creole English:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Guyanese Creole English:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Afro-Guyanese 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 Afro-Guyanese:
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 Afro-Guyanese of Suriname

"For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?" But he said "What is impossible with man is possible with God."
readLuke 18:25-27

Pray that the lost who think they have everything they need will recognize their spiritual poverty apart from Jesus and turn to Him in faith.

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
readLuke 13:3

Pray that the lost will repent and believe the gospel, for without it, they will perish.

For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God. Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name.
readPsalm 86:10-11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the Lord with all their heart, knowing that He is the one true God and will teach them His ways.

There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.
readMark 7:15

Pray for Christians to take any opportunity to share the hope of Jesus with lost people here, praying they will be wise like Jesus as they share the truth about what can defile people and what can make them clean.

Afro-Guyanese Across Countries (ROP3 - 103602) reported in the following countries:

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5 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Afro-GuyanesePG016359Afro-GuyaneseGuyana381,000No Longer UnreachedGuyanese Creole EnglishProtestantism
Afro-GuyanesePG046526Afro-GuyaneseUnited States246,000No Longer UnreachedGuyanese Creole EnglishRoman Catholicism
Afro-GuyanesePG022264Afro-GuyaneseSuriname141,000No Longer UnreachedGuyanese Creole EnglishProtestantism
Afro-GuyanesePG050476Afro-GuyaneseCanada90,500No Longer UnreachedGuyanese Creole EnglishProtestantism
Afro-GuyanesePG022279Afro-GuyaneseFrench Guiana24,000No Longer UnreachedGuyanese Creole EnglishFolk Catholicism

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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