People group profile · PG043535
The Gullah of the United States
The Gullah of the United States, numbering about 296,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a subgroup of the African American ethnic group who predominantly inhabit the remote barrier islands of South Carolina and Georgia.
They are an indigenous people in the Afro-American people cluster of the North American Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Sea Island Creole English.
Fast facts
- Country
- United States
- Population
- 296,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Afro-American
- Primary language
- Sea Island Creole English (gul)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- 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
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- Northern America, Americas
- Location
- Georgia: Sea Islands off coast; Michigan: Detroit; New York: New York City; North Carolina: Jacksonville coastal region; South Carolina: coastal lowlands to Jacksonville, Florida
Where they live
Gospel status
The Gullah 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 Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Gullah
- 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
Protestantism · Christianity
Primary language
Sea Island Creole English · Indo-European family
95% speak Sea Island Creole English
Gospel resources in Sea Island Creole English
- Bible available, published 2005
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Gullah
- 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.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
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