The Indo-Guyanese of Guyana

The Indo-Guyanese of Guyana, numbering approximately 321,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indo-Caribbean people of Indian ancestry, descended primarily from indentured laborers brought to British Guiana, and maintaining cultural traditions shaped by both South Asian and Guyanese heritage. They mostly adhere to Hinduism and Guyanese Creole English is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Guyana
People Cluster: Indo-Caribbean
Primary Language(s): Guyanese Creole English (gyn)
Primary Religion(s): Hinduism
Population: 321,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG043791
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Hinduism
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

75%
%
Hinduism 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:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Guyanese Creole English bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Indo-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 Indo-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

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How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
readRomans 10:14

Pray that those who haven't heard will hear the Word of Christ and believe in Him, calling upon the name of the Lord to be saved.

So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, those having seizures, and paralytics, and he healed them
readMatthew 4:24

Pray that the truth about the Lord will spread throughout the land so that many will have an opportunity to receive the good news and put their faith in Him.

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
readColossians 4:6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, their speech will always be gracious and ready to answer for the hope which is within them.

For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.
read2 Corinthians 1:5

When any who might believe suffer for the sake of the gospel, ask God to deepen their understanding of His grace so that they may share it freely with those who have not received it.

Indo-Caribbean Across Countries (ROP3 - 108730) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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6 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
Indo-CaribbeanIndo-CaribbeanGermany51,000No Longer UnreachedDutchHinduism
Indo-GuyaneseIndo-GuyaneseGuyana321,000No Longer UnreachedGuyanese Creole EnglishHinduism
Indo-CaribbeanIndo-CaribbeanFrench Guiana13,000No Longer UnreachedSranan TongoHinduism
Indo-SurinameseIndo-SurinameseSuriname134,000No Longer UnreachedCaribbean HindustaniHinduism
Indo-TrinidadiansIndo-TrinidadiansTrinidad and Tobago313,000Engaged yet UnreachedEnglishHinduism
Indo-CaribbeanIndo-CaribbeanNetherlands193,000Engaged yet UnreachedCaribbean HindustaniHinduism

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