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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Afro-Bahamians of The Bahamas

The Afro-Bahamians of The Bahamas, numbering approximately 373,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a community of African descent with roots in the Bahamas; typically West African. They are an Indigenous people, in the Afro-American, Anglophone people cluster of the North American Peoples affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Christianity - Protestantism. They primarily speak Bahamas English Creole.

Afro-Bahamians in The Bahamas photo
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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: American Peoples
Country: The Bahamas
People Cluster: Afro-American, Anglophone
Primary Language(s): Bahamas English Creole (bah)
Primary Religion(s): Christianity - Protestantism
Population: 373,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016193

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Christianity - Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Christianity - Protestant… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bahamas English Creole
Language Family: Creole

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Bahamas English Creole Speakers

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Next steps for the Afro-Bahamians

The Afro-Bahamians are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

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Begin gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group

Next steps for the Afro-Bahamians

The Afro-Bahamians are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Next steps for the Afro-Bahamians

The Afro-Bahamians are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Afro-Bahamians of The Bahamas

Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
read1 John 3:8

Pray for those living in darkness to recognize the destructive power of sin and the victory Christ has won over it.

Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts!
readPsalm 96:8

Pray for people here to humbly give God the glory due His name.

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
readRomans 6:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will lead those who might hesitate in getting baptized to trust Him as they obey His command, even when obedience is hard.

Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
readIsaiah 58:7

As believers cross cultures to share the good news of Christ, pray that God will sustain them and grow their faith as He gives them the compassion necessary to minister well to those in need.

Afro-Bahamian (ROP3 - 115125) reported in the following countries:

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