The Babine of Canada

The Babine of Canada, numbering approximately 3,800 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Athabaskan-speaking people whose ancestors migrated from the northern Athabaska homeland to settle around Babine Lake in British Columbia's interior, traditionally organized through a hereditary clan system called the Bah'lats. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Babine is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2025). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Babine

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: North American Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: North American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Babine (bcr)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 3,800
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG043357
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Babine
Language Family: Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit

13%
%
Babine Speakers

Media Resources in Babine:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Babine:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Babine bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Babine 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 Babine:
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 Babine of Canada

"For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?" But he said "What is impossible with man is possible with God."
readLuke 18:25-27

Pray that the lost who think they have everything they need will recognize their spiritual poverty apart from Jesus and turn to Him in faith.

Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness!
readPsalm 150:2

Pray for the gospel to advance among those who are living in darkness. Pray that they will come to know Jesus and praise Him for all that He has done.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
readPsalm 23:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the Lord's presence, even in the darkest valleys.

Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together!
readPsalm 34:3

Pray that God will raise up believers who will go to those in this people group who do not yet follow Jesus, and that they will invite many to magnify the Lord with them so that His fame will spread to the ends of the earth.

Babine Across Countries (ROP3 - 100695) reported in the following countries:

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