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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

Abraham said, "God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." So they went both of them together.
readGenesis 22:8

Pray that God will open the ears of those who are lost to understand and believe that only shed blood takes away sin and that, like Abraham, they will believe that God Himself provides the lamb for the burnt offering, who is Jesus the final, perfect sacrifice.

O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
readPsalm 104:24

Pray that they will see the wisdom and power of God in His creation and praise Him for His mighty works.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.
readJames 1:2-3

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will consider it pure joy when they face trials of many kinds, trusting in God's promise that the testing of their faith produces perseverance.

I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessing.
read1 Corinthians 9:23

Ask God to give believers a deep desire to share the gospel with those who don't know the truth about God's redemption plan, and to provide them with opportunities to do so cross-culturally.

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

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▼PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BerbaPG012384BerbaBurkina Faso3,900No Longer UnreachedBialiAnimism
BialabaPG012307BialabaBenin215,000No Longer UnreachedBialiAnimism

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