People group profile · PG016444
The East Indians of Trinidad and Tobago
The East Indians of Trinidad and Tobago, numbering about 53,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Caribbean people of Indian ancestry whose forebears arrived as indentured laborers from South Asia. They speak the dominant regional languages and maintain cultural traditions influenced by Hindu, Muslim, and broader Indo-Caribbean heritage.
They are a diaspora people in the Indo-Caribbean people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Hinduism, and they primarily speak Caribbean Hindustani.
Fast facts
- Country
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Population
- 53,500
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Indo-Caribbean
- Primary language
- Caribbean Hindustani (hns)
- Primary religion
- Hinduism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Caribbean, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The East Indians 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 No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the East Indians
- 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
68% adherents
Primary language
Caribbean Hindustani · Indo-European family
100% speak Caribbean Hindustani
Gospel resources in Caribbean Hindustani
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Hindi, Caribbean)
Bibles
- 1997 Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc. · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the East Indians
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
East Indians in other countries
The same people is also reported in 1 other country.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caribbean Hindi | French Guiana | 13,500 | No Longer Unreached |
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