The Hawaiian Creoles of United States

The Hawaiian Creoles of United States, numbering approximately 425 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of the United States. Hawaiian Creoles are a Hawai'i Creole English-speaking community of Polynesian origin whose ancestors settled the Hawaiian Islands centuries before European contact They are an Indigenous people, in the Polynesian people cluster of the Pacific Islander Peoples affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Christianity - Roman Catholicism. They primarily speak Hawaii Pidgin.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Polynesian
Primary Language(s): Hawaii Pidgin (hwc)
Primary Religion(s): Christianity - Roman Catholicism
Population: 425
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG043264
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Christianity - Roman Cath… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hawaii Pidgin
Language Family: Indo-European

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Hawaii Pidgin Speakers

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Next steps for the Hawaiian Creoles

The Hawaiian Creoles 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
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Next steps for the Hawaiian Creoles

The Hawaiian Creoles 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 Hawaiian Creoles

The Hawaiian 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.

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 Hawaiian Creoles of United States

"And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
readJohn 8:32

Pray for those who live enslaved to sin to hear and receive the truth of the gospel and be set free.

For I will proclaim the name of the LORD; ascribe greatness to our God!
readDeuteronomy 32:3

Pray that believers will proclaim the Lord’s name and declare the greatness of our God so that others might believe in Him.

Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
readPsalm 37:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will delight themselves in the Lord, trusting Him to give them the desires of their hearts.

Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.”
readPsalm 96:10

Pray for God to put in the hearts of believers to go to the lost and testify about the Lord who reigns.

Hawai'i Creole-Speaking (ROP3 - 103737) reported in the following countries:

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