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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Bari of United States

The Bari of United States, numbering approximately 4,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Nilotic diaspora people of Bari origin from South Sudan, descended from migrants and refugees who maintain ties to the broader Bari ethnic heritage centered in the Nile Valley around Juba. They mostly adhere to Neo-Pentecostalism and Bari is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Bari

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Nilotic
Primary Language(s): Bari (bfa)
Primary Religion(s): Neo-Pentecostalism
Population: 4,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG046707
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Neo-Pentecostalism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Neo-Pentecostalism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bari
Language Family: Nilotic

100%
%
Bari Speakers

Media Resources in Bari:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Bari:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1979 Bible Society of South Sudan✓✓✓

1 entry

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Or check out the Bari bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Bari 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 Bari:
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 Bari of United States

While he was coming, the demon threw him to the ground and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
readLuke 9:42

Pray that those who are living outside of the hope of the gospel will know and trust that Jesus offers freedom from the oppression of sin and hope in eternal life.

All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name.
readPsalm 66:4

Pray that the good news of Jesus will advance here and that many will bow down and sing praises to His name.

For you had compassion on those in prison, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.
readHebrews 10:34

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have compassion for those in prison, sympathize with those who are mistreated, and continue to do good and share the gospel with others.

And Jesus said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men." And immediately they left their nets and followed him.
readMark 1:17-18

Pray that God will raise up believers from this place and/or other cultures nearby to proclaim the gospel to those who desperately need to encounter it.

Bari Across Countries (ROP3 - 101283) reported in the following countries:

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BariPG046707BariUnited States4,000No Longer UnreachedBariNeo-Pentecostalism
BariPG039284BariCongo, Democratic Republic of the34,000Engaged yet UnreachedBariRoman Catholicism
BariPG015075BariUganda139,000No Longer UnreachedBariNeo-Pentecostalism
BariPG014889BariSouth Sudan633,000No Longer UnreachedBariEthnoreligion

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