The Dutch of Curacao

The Dutch of Curacao, numbering approximately 12,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a West Germanic people native to the Netherlands whose culture has been shaped by maritime trade, water management, urbanization, commercial exchange, and a long tradition of local self-government and civic cooperation. They mostly adhere to Unaffiliated and Dutch is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Curacao
People Cluster: Germanic
Primary Language(s): Dutch (nld)
Primary Religion(s): Unaffiliated
Population: 12,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG022319
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Unaffiliated
Religious Affiliation: Unaffiliated

56%
%
Unaffiliated Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Dutch
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Dutch Speakers

Media Resources in Dutch:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Dutch:

Or check out the Dutch bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Dutch 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 Dutch:
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 Dutch of Curacao

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
readTitus 3:3

Pray for those who seek worldly pleasures instead of God to flee from sin and choose God’s goodness and lovingkindness by placing their faith in Jesus.

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
readIsaiah 43:19

Pray that the lost will see the new thing God can do in their lives and trust in His plan and purpose for them.

Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.
readPsalm 127:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will build their homes in the Lord and raise their children to know and honor Him.

And Jesus answered him, ā€œBlessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven."
readMatthew 16:17

Pray that God who is in heaven will place believers in the lives of people who need to encounter the gospel and that He will reveal to them the truth of what they hear.

Dutch Across Countries (ROP3 - 102787) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
All

13 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ā–¼
DutchDutchAustria3,300No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchDutchDenmark6,300No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchDutchNetherlands14,190,000Engaged yet UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchDutchSweden12,500Unengaged and UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchDutchAustralia80,500No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchDutchSouth Africa312,000No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchDutchNew Zealand37,000Engaged yet UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchDutchCuracao12,500No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchDutchUnited States1,685,000Engaged yet UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchDutchCanada138,000No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchDutchSint Maarten2,000No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchDutchLuxembourg4,200Unengaged and UnreachedDutchProtestantism
DutchDutchAruba4,300Unengaged and UnreachedDutchProtestantism

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