People group profile · PG013453
The Upper Guinea Crioulo of Guinea-Bissau
The Upper Guinea Crioulo of Guinea-Bissau, numbering about 299,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Creole community descended from intermarriage between Portuguese lancado traders and West African coastal peoples beginning in the 1400s-1500s, whose Kriol language spread from Cabo Verde to become Guinea-Bissau's cross-ethnic national lingua franca.
They are an indigenous people in the Other Sub-Saharan African people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism, and they primarily speak Upper Guinea Crioulo.
Fast facts
- Country
- Guinea-Bissau
- Population
- 299,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Other Sub-Saharan African
- Primary language
- Upper Guinea Crioulo (pov)
- Primary religion
- Roman Catholicism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Pioneer Unreached People Group
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Upper Guinea Crioulo are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Upper Guinea Crioulo
- 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
Primary religion
Roman Catholicism · Christianity
70% adherents
Primary language
Upper Guinea Crioulo · Indo-European family
100% speak Upper Guinea Crioulo
Gospel resources in Upper Guinea Crioulo
- Bible available, published 1999
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories available
Films
- JESUS (Crioulo, Upper Guinea)
Bibles
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Upper Guinea Crioulo
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
Upper Guinea Crioulo in other countries
The same people is also reported in 2 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Guinea Creoles | Gambia | 28,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Upper Guinea Crioulo | Netherlands | 14,000 | Unengaged and Unreached |
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