The Haitians of Guadeloupe

The Haitians of Guadeloupe, numbering approximately 14,000 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 Folk Catholicism and Haitian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Guadeloupe
People Cluster: Afro-Caribbean
Primary Language(s): Haitian (hat)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 14,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG022292
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

75%
%
Folk 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 Guadeloupe

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
read1 Timothy 6:9

Pray for those, rich and poor, who have put their trust in worldly things, and ask that they will be honest with themselves, acknowledge their need for God and turn to Him.

Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
readPsalm 34:8

Pray that the gospel will advance and that many will have the opportunity to taste and see the goodness of God and entrust their lives to Him.

For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them.
read1 Corinthians 9:19

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have hearts that want to serve the lost around them so that many might come to faith in Jesus.

Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works!
readPsalm 105:2

Pray for God to saturate this place with the gospel and raise up believing men and women from among them to share the good news of Christ with those who have yet to encounter it.

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

Strategic Progress Index
All

11 people groups

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

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