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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Garifuna of United States

The Garifuna of United States, numbering approximately 71,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Afro-Indigenous people of Central America's Caribbean coast descended from African, Arawak, and Kalinago ancestors. They speak Garifuna, an Arawakan language, and maintain a distinct maritime cultural heritage. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Garifuna is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Central American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Garifuna (cab)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 71,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG047649
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

66%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Garifuna
Language Family: Arawakan

80%
%
Garifuna Speakers

Media Resources in Garifuna:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Garifuna:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2002 Bible Society of Honduras✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Garifuna bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Garifuna 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 Garifuna:
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 Garifuna of United States

I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.
readProverbs 8:17

As many search for hope, pray they will discover materials that will lead them to Jesus and explain the gospel in a way they will resonate with.

If I ascend to heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
readPsalm 139:8

Pray that the lost will recognize God's presence with them wherever they go, put their faith in Christ, and seek to live in a way that honors and glorifies Him.

Praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
readActs 2:47

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will use their faith and their church community as a testimony to the watching world and grow His Church.

And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.
readMatthew 7:28-29

Pray that God will remind believers that they have His authority as they share His truth with the lost, and pray He will draw crowds of people to this message and plant it deeply in their hearts.

Garifuna Across Countries (ROP3 - 101510) reported in the following countries:

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6 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
GarifunaPG047649GarifunaUnited States71,500No Longer UnreachedGarifunaRoman Catholicism
GarifunaPG024796GarifunaNicaragua3,500No Longer UnreachedGarifunaEthnoreligion
GarifunaPG024763GarifunaHonduras204,000No Longer UnreachedGarifunaEthnoreligion
GarifunaPG024711GarifunaGuatemala21,500No Longer UnreachedGarifunaFolk Catholicism
GarifunaPG022293GarifunaGuadeloupe4,200No Longer UnreachedVirgin Islands Creole EnglishFolk Catholicism
GarifunaPG016416GarifunaSaint Vincent and the Grenadines2,400No Longer UnreachedGarifunaFolk Catholicism

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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