Seychelles

Lim&yegrave; dan Zil: The Digital Harmony of the Islands · July 2024 – June 2027

Know Seychelles

Seychelles is a small island nation in the Indian Ocean, located northeast of Madagascar. It is made up of over 100 islands and is known for its beautiful beaches, coral reefs, and tropical environment.

The capital city is Victoria. Seychelles operates as a presidential republic and has one of the smallest populations in Africa.

The country’s population is culturally diverse, with African, European, and Asian influences. The official languages are English, French, and Seychellois Creole.

Tourism is the main driver of the economy, along with fishing and offshore financial services. Seychelles is also known for environmental conservation and protecting its marine ecosystems and wildlife.

Overall, Seychelles is recognized for its luxury tourism, natural beauty, and high standard of living compared to many African countries.

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COUNTRY SNAPSHOT

Nation at a Glance

132K

Population

Population Card

34.3

MEDIAN AGE

Population Card

185%

MOBILE PENETRATION

Population Card

90K

INTERNET USERS

Population Card

~61%

Roman Catholic

~5.4%

Hindu / ~2.4% Muslim

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MISSIONAL VISION

Reaching Seychelles’s Unreached

Seychelles is Africa’s smallest nation and among its most digitally saturated — 185% mobile penetration in an archipelago of 132,000 people. The majority identify as Roman Catholic, yet a large proportion are cultural Christians with no active discipleship. A small but growing Muslim and Hindu minority, and a youth population increasingly skeptical of institutional religion, represent the primary missional gaps.

The ADD strategy produces contextualised Creole content, deploys encrypted WhatsApp outreach, and trains a small but dedicated team of local digital missionaries to reach every island through the devices already in everyone’s hands.

Priority target groups: Unchurched youth and students · Cultural Christians with no active discipleship · The Muslim and Hindu minority

“I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some of them.” — 1 Corinthians 9:22 NIV

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Contextualised Content in Seychellois Creole, English & French

WhatsApp Outreach (Private Encrypted Groups, Daily Devotionals & Seeker Q&A)

Online Apologetics (Addressing Islamic and Hindu Perspectives)

Youth Mobilisation (Local Youth Trained as Digital Missionaries)

Live Streams (Facebook & YouTube, Worship & Q&A)

Audio Bible Distribution (Solar-Powered, Low-Literacy Communities)

Targeted Social Media Ads (Facebook & Instagram)

Online Training via Zoom

Digital Fellowships (Micro-Fellowships, Trained Leaders)

Gospel Film Production (Identity, Forgiveness & Healing)

Radio Evangelism (Local Stations, Gospel Stories & Testimonies)

SMS Evangelism (Bible Verses & Event Invitations)

Collaborative Networking (16 African Nations)

Follow-Up App (Multi-Platform Seeker Conversations)

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DIGITAL STRATEGY

15 Ministry Channels

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GOALS AND OUTCOME

July 2024 – June 2027

Responsive Table

Objective	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Total
Gospel Exposures	100,000	150,000	200,000	450,000
Decisions for Christ	5,000	7,000	8,000	20,000
Youth Missionaries Trained	20	25	20	65
Digital House Churches Plantedd	10	10	10	30

MONTORING & EVALUATION

Data-Driven Accountability

A digital dashboard tracks gospel exposures, decisions for Christ, and follow-up engagement across all 15 channels. Inter-island reach is tracked by device location analytics. Quarterly reviews drive continuous improvement, and ten short plus two documentary-style testimony videos are produced annually. The national CCC office provides oversight.

TRANSFORMATIONAL STORIES

Lives Being Changed

Testimonial + Support

Reane Ferrari

23 · Hotel Worker, Mahé · Digital Fellowship Member

Reane was baptised Catholic as an infant and attended church every Christmas and Easter without once feeling personally addressed by anything she heard. She describes her faith as “inherited background noise.” Working double shifts in hospitality, she had no time for institutional religion and no sense that it had anything to offer her anyway. A Creole video about a young Seychellois woman questioning the gap between the faith she was raised in and the life she was living stopped her during a lunch break. “She could have been me,” Reane says. A WhatsApp follow-up connected her to a digital missionary who met her on her schedule, in her language, without expectations. She came to a living, personal faith over four months.

“The only way to reach a closed door is with an open screen. Mine was open, and something real came through.” Reane now attends a small digital fellowship with seven others on Mahé and has started sharing content with colleagues at work.

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