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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Lesser Antillean Creoles of Antigua and Barbuda

The Lesser Antillean Creoles of Antigua and Barbuda, numbering approximately 96,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Afro-Caribbean creole people of Antigua and Barbuda descended mainly from enslaved Africans and shaped by British colonial influence. Their creole language and shared island culture form a distinctive Eastern Caribbean identity. They are an Indigenous people in the Afro-American people cluster of the North American Peoples affinity bloc. Their primary language is Leeward Caribbean English Creole and their primary religion is Folk Catholicism.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: North American Peoples
Country: Antigua and Barbuda
People Cluster: Afro-American
Primary Language(s): Leeward Caribbean English Creole (aig)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 96,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016187
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

70%
%
Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Leeward Caribbean English Creole
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Leeward Caribbean English Creole Speakers

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 2), 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.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Marginally Reached People Group, (LPI: 4), 3% to 6% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical (GSEC: 4), this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical

Next steps for the Lesser Antillean Creoles:
Begin signifcant prayer and fasting for this group
Send cross-cultural teams to discover and research this people group
Begin gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group

SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Lesser Antillean 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.

Next steps for the Lesser Antillean Creoles:
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

SPI: No longer Unreached

The Lesser Antillean 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.

Next steps for the Lesser Antillean Creoles:
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 Lesser Antillean Creoles of Antigua and Barbuda

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
readPsalm 73:26

Pray that those who are lost and struggling to find hope will find their strength and hope in God, recognizing Him as their portion and deliverer forever.

“Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread."
readMatthew 6:10-11

As people go about their daily lives, pray they will have the opportunity to encounter Jesus-followers, receive the gospel, and respond with joy. Pray that, as God provides for their daily needs, He will also bring many into His beautiful kingdom.

And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, 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 2:46-47

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be devoted to the teaching of God's Word, to fellowship with one another, and to prayer.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
readActs 1:8

Pray that God will raise up believers who are willing to cross cultures and boldly share the good news of Jesus with the lost in this people group and from every nation.

Afro-Antiguan Across Countries (ROP3 - 100386) reported in the following countries:

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