People group profile · PG049233
The East Indians of Guatemala
The East Indians of Guatemala, numbering about 700 people, are Unengaged and 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 Unaffiliated, and they primarily speak Spanish.
Fast facts
- Country
- Guatemala
- Population
- 700
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Indo-Caribbean
- Primary language
- Spanish (spa)
- Primary religion
- Unaffiliated
- Strategic Progress Index
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Central America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The East Indians are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. 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
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
Primary language
Spanish · Indo-European family
100% speak Spanish
Gospel resources in Spanish
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- Magdalena (Spanish, Castilian)
- Magdalena (Spanish, Latin American)
- The Savior (Spanish, Latin American)
Bibles
- 1569 Sagradas Escrituras · text
- 1602 Reina-Valera Antigua · text
- Biblia de América · video, audio, text
- Dios Habla Hoy · audio
- La Biblia · text
- La Palabra de Dios para Todos · audio
- La Santa Biblia, Nueva Versión Internacional® · video
- Lenguaje Actual · audio
- Reina Valera 1995 · audio
- Reina Valera Contemporánea · video
- Reina Valera, Revisada y Corregida (1865) · text
- The Word of God for All - 2000 World Bible Translation Center · audio, text
- The Word of God for All 2014 · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the East Indians
- 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.
East Indian in other countries
The same people (ROP3 102818) is reported in 11 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Indians | Trinidad and Tobago | 133,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| East Indians | Jamaica | 25,500 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| East Indians | Belize | 12,000 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| East Indians | Saint Lucia | 5,500 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| East Indians | Grenada | 4,700 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| East Indians | Chile | 3,900 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| East Indians | Barbados | 3,900 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| East Indians | Argentina | 2,700 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| East Indians | Brazil | 2,400 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| East Indians | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,500 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| East Indians | Venezuela | 500 | Unengaged and Unreached |
Know something we don't? Submit updates to IMB Global Research.