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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Dominicans of United States

The Dominicans of United States, numbering approximately 1,470,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a multiethnic Caribbean population of predominantly mixed European, African, and Indigenous ancestry. They primarily speak Spanish and maintain cultural traditions shaped by the history and diverse heritage of the Dominican Republic. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Spanish is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Other Hispanic American
Primary Language(s): Spanish (spa)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 1,470,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG046509
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Pray for the Dominicans of United States

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

85%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Spanish
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Spanish Speakers

Media Resources in Spanish:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

5 films

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Bible Resources in Spanish:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1569 Sagradas Escrituras✓
1602 Reina-Valera Antigua✓
Biblia de América✓✓✓
Dios Habla Hoy✓
La Biblia✓
La Palabra de Dios para Todos✓
La Santa Biblia, Nueva Versión Internacional®✓
Lenguaje Actual✓
Reina Valera 1995✓
Reina Valera Contemporánea✓
Reina Valera, Revisada y Corregida (1865)✓
The Word of God for All - 2000 World Bible Translation Center✓✓
The Word of God for All 2014✓✓

13 entries

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Dominicans 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 Dominicans:
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 Dominicans of United States

For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.
readEphesians 5:8

Pray that those who are lost will turn from the darkness they are walking in and embrace the light, becoming children of light who bear fruit in every good work.

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
readMatthew 24:14

Pray that the gospel of God's kingdom will reach more people and that they will respond in faith, becoming disciples of Jesus Christ.

In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?
readPsalm 56:10-11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the Lord's promises, knowing that He will uphold them with His righteous right hand.

In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
readEphesians 1:13-14

Pray that God will work through believers near and far in bringing the lost to Himself, giving them what they need to do the task He has set before them, and helping them rest in Him because He has given them His Spirit.

Dominican, mixed Across Countries (ROP3 - 102692) reported in the following countries:

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6 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▼PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
DominicansPG046509DominicansUnited States1,470,000No Longer UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
DominicansPG016374DominicansHaiti48,500No Longer UnreachedSpanishFolk Catholicism
DominicansPG022273DominicansGuadeloupe475No Longer UnreachedSpanishFolk Catholicism
DominicansPG022288DominicansFrench Guiana750No Longer UnreachedSpanishFolk Catholicism
DominicansPG016313DominicansDominican Republic10,950,000No Longer UnreachedSpanishProtestantism
DominicansPG047374DominicansCanada25,000No Longer UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism

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