People group profile · PG024835
The Jamaicans of Panama
The Jamaicans of Panama, numbering about 210,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Afro-Caribbean diaspora community in Panama descended largely from Jamaican migrants. They speak Jamaican English Creole and English or Spanish, and maintain a distinct cultural identity shaped by Caribbean heritage and canal-era migration.
They are a diaspora people in the Afro-American people cluster of the North American Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Jamaican Creole English.
Fast facts
- Country
- Panama
- Population
- 210,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Afro-American
- Primary language
- Jamaican Creole English (jam)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Central America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Jamaicans are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Jamaicans
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Primary language
Jamaican Creole English · Indo-European family
100% speak Jamaican Creole English
Gospel resources in Jamaican Creole English
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
- Bible Society of the West Indies · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Jamaicans
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- 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.
Jamaican in other countries
The same people (ROP3 104168) is reported in 10 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamaicans | Jamaica | 2,765,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Jamaicans | United States | 589,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Jamaicans | United Kingdom | 340,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Jamaicans | Canada | 332,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Jamaicans | Costa Rica | 70,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Jamaicans | Colombia | 28,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Jamaicans | Bahamas | 5,400 | No Longer Unreached |
| Jamaicans | Cuba | 4,900 | No Longer Unreached |
| Jamaicans | Venezuela | 2,700 | No Longer Unreached |
| Jamaicans | Germany | 1,300 | No Longer Unreached |
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