People group profile · PG043264
The Hawaiian Creoles of the United States
The Hawaiian Creoles of the United States, numbering about 425 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of the United States. Hawaiian Creoles are a Hawai'i Creole English-speaking community of Polynesian origin whose ancestors settled the Hawaiian Islands centuries before European contact.
They are an indigenous people in the Polynesian people cluster of the Pacific Islander Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism, and they primarily speak Hawai'i Creole English.
Fast facts
- Country
- United States
- Population
- 425
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Polynesian
- Primary language
- Hawai'i Creole English (hwc)
- Primary religion
- Roman Catholicism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC ?
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Minimally Reached People Group
- Region
- Northern America, Americas
- Location
- Hawaii; Florida: Orlando; Nevada: Las Vegas; west coast
Where they live
Gospel status
The Hawaiian 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 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Hawaiian 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
Roman Catholicism · Christianity
65% adherents
Primary language
Hawai'i Creole English · Indo-European family
100% speak Hawai'i Creole English
Gospel resources in Hawai'i Creole English
- Bible available, published 2020
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Hawai'I Pidgin)
Bibles
- 2020 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Hawaiian Creoles
- 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.
- 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.
Know something we don't? Submit updates to IMB Global Research.