The Bertha (or Berta) people live along the border of Sudan and Ethiopia. They are an agricultural people, their staple food being sorghum, a type of grass that is often raised for grain. The Bertha also make porridge and beer from sorghum.

Over the centuries, the Bertha have intermarried with Arab traders but have maintained many of their traditional customs. Today, they are mainly Muslim, and most speak fluent Arabic in addition to their own language. In addition to Islam, the Bertha still practice extra-Islamic traditions, including rain-making rituals and consult ritual healers and shamans.

Ask the Lord to reach these marginalized and geographically inaccessible people for His glory.

Pray to the Lord to send laborers to this field.

Pray to the Lord to provide evangelistic resources in their language.

Pray for translation of the Bible to begin in this people group’s primary language.

Pray for the availability of the Jesus Film in the primary language of the Bertha people.