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The Berba of Burkina Faso

The Berba of Burkina Faso, numbering approximately 3,900 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Gur-speaking people whose Burkina Faso community in Kompienga province traces its origin to Togo's Savanes region, part of a larger Berba (Biali) population centered across the border in northern Benin. They mostly adhere to Animism and Biali is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Burkina Faso
People Cluster: Gur
Primary Language(s): Biali (beh)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 3,900
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG012384
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

90%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Biali
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Biali Speakers

Media Resources in Biali:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Biali:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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Or check out the Biali bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Berba 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 Berba:
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 Berba of Burkina Faso

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRomans 6:23

Pray that those who do know about God's free gift will hear and believe that the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord and that they will joyfully accept this gift.

So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, those having seizures, and paralytics, and he healed them
readMatthew 4:24

Pray that the truth about the Lord will spread throughout the land so that many will have an opportunity to receive the good news and put their faith in Him.

The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
readLamentations 3:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the goodness of the Lord as they wait on Him to answer their cries for help.

"Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."
readJohn 7:38

Ask God to raise up believers and sustain them as they cross cultures to share hope with those who need it. Pray that many might come to know Christ and that streams of living water will flow from their hearts so they will never thirst again.

Berba (Biali) Across Countries (ROP3 - 101421) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BialabaPG012307BialabaBenin214,000No Longer UnreachedBialiAnimism
BerbaPG012384BerbaBurkina Faso3,900No Longer UnreachedBialiAnimism

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