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%
%
Bahamas English Creole Speakers

Media Resources in Bahamas Creole English:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Bahamas Creole English:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Bahamas Creole English bible at Bible.com

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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

Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
readProverbs 30:5

Pray that those who don't yet know God will trust the flawless Word of God and seek refuge in Him, finding hope and salvation instead of remaining in spiritual darkness.

Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. And he said, ‘Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.’ In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.
readJob 1:20-22

Pray that those who mourn will worship God in the midst of their suffering and loss, recognizing He is the source of all good things and that He is worthy of their praise and trust.

We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks, for your name is near. We recount your wondrous deeds.
readPsalm 75:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will give thanks to the Lord for His wondrous works and declare His goodness to all people.

Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
readActs 17:29

Pray that God will send out laborers to tell people of the one true God and, as the good news is shared, bring about repentance and belief as they turn from idols and follow Jesus.

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

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