The Haitians of United States

The Haitians of United States, numbering approximately 718,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Afro-Caribbean people descended primarily from West and Central Africans brought to colonial Saint-Domingue; they speak Haitian Creole and share a distinct cultural identity shaped by African, Caribbean, and French influences. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Haitian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Afro-Caribbean
Primary Language(s): Haitian (hat)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 718,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG046510
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

79%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Haitian
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Haitian Creole Speakers

Media Resources in Haitian:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

Bible Resources in Haitian:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1999 Haitian Bible Society✓✓✓
2016 Edition✓
Alliance Biblique Universelle, 1985✓

3 entries

Or check out the Haitian bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

SPI: No longer Unreached

The Haitians 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 Haitians:
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 Haitians of United States

While he was coming, the demon threw him to the ground and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
readLuke 9:42

Pray that those who are living outside of the hope of the gospel will know and trust that Jesus offers freedom from the oppression of sin and hope in eternal life.

For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
readRomans 1:19-20

Pray that God will use His creation – the “things that have been made” – to spark a fresh and passionate curiosity among them to draw near to the Maker and that, as they seek Him, He will make a way for them to hear the gospel and receive it with joy.

Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
readPsalm 51:9

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have confidence that God has turned His face from their sins and forgiven their iniquities.

And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
read2 Corinthians 12:28

Ask God to raise up believers who will faithfully proclaim the good news and equip others to do the same.

Haitian Across Countries (ROP3 - 103642) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
All

11 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
HaitiansHaitiansBahamas28,000No Longer UnreachedHaitianFolk Catholicism
HaitiansHaitiansUnited States718,000No Longer UnreachedHaitianRoman Catholicism
HaitiansHaitiansCanada177,000No Longer UnreachedHaitianRoman Catholicism
HaitiansHaitiansCuba38,000No Longer UnreachedHaitianFolk Catholicism
HaitiansHaitiansGuadeloupe14,000No Longer UnreachedHaitianFolk Catholicism
HaitiansHaitiansJamaica59,500No Longer UnreachedHaitianFolk Catholicism
HaitiansHaitiansMartinique2,800No Longer UnreachedHaitianFolk Catholicism
HaitiansHaitiansHaiti11,600,000No Longer UnreachedHaitianFolk Catholicism
HaitiansHaitiansFrench Guiana27,000No Longer UnreachedHaitianFolk Catholicism
HaitiansHaitiansDominican Republic279,000No Longer UnreachedHaitianFolk Catholicism
HaitiansHaitiansDominica2,600No Longer UnreachedHaitianFolk Catholicism

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