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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Bahamians of United States

The Bahamians of United States, numbering approximately 33,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an English-speaking Caribbean people native to The Bahamas, whose identity is rooted in a shared island history, predominantly African ancestry, and a cultural heritage shaped by African, British, and wider Atlantic influences They are an Diaspora people, with Bahamian as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Afro-American people cluster of the North American Peoples. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Bahamas Creole English is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: North American Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Afro-American
Primary Language(s): Bahamas Creole English (bah)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 33,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG043531
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bahamas Creole English
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
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Bahamas English Creole Speakers

Media Resources in Bahamas Creole English:

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Bible Resources in Bahamas Creole English:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The 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.

Next steps for the Bahamians:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Bahamians of United States

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 8:1

Pray that God will reassure those who may be struggling with the cost of following Jesus that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.
readDaniel 7:13-14

Pray that the gospel will advance so that all peoples will come to know the Son of Man, who has been given dominion and glory and a kingdom, and that they will bow before Him and serve Him forever.

For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.
readPsalm 47:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will exalt the Lord, recognizing His reign over the nations and His sovereignty over all things.

To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law.
read1 Corinthians 9:20

Pray that believers from similar cultures will be compelled by Christ's love to reach people who don't know the gospel, and that those people will receive the good news with joy.

Bahamian Across Countries (ROP3 - 100763) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▲Religion
BahamiansPG043531BahamiansUnited States33,500No Longer UnreachedBahamas Creole EnglishProtestantism
BahamiansPG050486BahamiansCanada3,900No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism

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