People group profile · PG039265
The Nicaraguan Creoles of Nicaragua
The Nicaraguan Creoles of Nicaragua, numbering about 25,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Afro-Caribbean ethnolinguistic community of Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast who speak Nicaraguan English Creole. They maintain a distinct cultural identity shaped by African, British, and Caribbean heritage, coastal traditions, and Protestant Christianity.
They are an indigenous people in the Afro-Caribbean people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Nicaragua Creole English.
Fast facts
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Population
- 25,500
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Afro-Caribbean
- Primary language
- Nicaragua Creole English (bzk)
- 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 Nicaraguan Creoles 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 Nicaraguan Creoles
- 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
Nicaragua Creole English · Indo-European family
75% speak Nicaragua Creole English
Gospel resources in Nicaragua Creole English
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Nicaraguan Creoles
- 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.
- 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.
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