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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Afro-Bahamians of Bahamas

The Afro-Bahamians of Bahamas, numbering approximately 374,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are 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 mostly adhere to Protestantism and Bahamas Creole English is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: North American Peoples
Country: Bahamas
People Cluster: Afro-American
Primary Language(s): Bahamas Creole English (bah)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 374,000
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: 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 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.

Next steps for the Afro-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 Afro-Bahamians of Bahamas

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
readIsaiah 40:8

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will be freed from the emptiness of fading hopes and find lasting life and truth in the unchanging Word of God.

And he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
readLuke 7:50

Pray for the good news of Jesus Christ to reach many so that they can place their faith in Him and have lasting hope.

He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the LORD has spoken.
readIsaiah 25:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice in the hope of the Lord's coming, when He will swallow up death forever and wipe away their tears.

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
readIsaiah 43:19

Praise the God who is able to make a way forward, even when it seems impossible. Ask Him to do a new thing among this people group specifically and among the nations, raising up believers to go and share the gospel with individuals and places where it has not flourished before.

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

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▲
Afro-BahamiansPG016193Afro-BahamiansBahamas374,000No Longer UnreachedBahamas Creole EnglishProtestantism

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