• PEOPLE NAME: GARIFUNA OF GUATEMALA

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PEID: 24711

ROP: 101510

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Central American Indigenous

Language: Garifuna - (cab)

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Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Guatemala

Also found in: Guadeloupe; Honduras; Nicaragua; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; United States

Population: 20,500

Global Population: 294,300


PEID: 24711

ROP: 101510

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical


Overview: The Garifuna of Guatemala, numbering 20,500, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Central American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 294,300 in 6 countries. Their primary language is Garifuna. The primary religion practiced by the Garifuna is Roman Catholicism, the largest branch of the Christian church and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world. Roman Catholicism teaches that it is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ and that its bishops are the successors of Christ.


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