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%
%
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 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

Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming.
readColossians 3:5-6

Pray for God to have mercy and give those who don't yet know Him the gift of Jesus and His salvation for all who call upon His name.

“I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’ to a nation that was not called by my name."
readIsaiah 65:1

Pray that the lost will be found by God, even when they are not seeking Him. Pray that He will reveal Himself to them in a way they cannot ignore and that they will respond in faith.

And after she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.
readActs 16:15

Pray that God will bring entire families and households to faith in Him and raise up servant-leaders from among them.

There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.
readMark 7:15

Pray for Christians to take any opportunity to share the hope of Jesus with lost people here, praying they will be wise like Jesus as they share the truth about what can defile people and what can make them clean.

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

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