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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Ticuna of Colombia

The Ticuna of Colombia, numbering approximately 7,400 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous community of Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. They mostly adhere to Folk Catholicism and Ticuna is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Colombia
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Ticuna (tca)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 7,400
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016286
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

28%
%
Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ticuna
Language Family: Ticuna-Yuri

100%
%
Ticuna Speakers

Media Resources in Ticuna:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Ticuna:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1986 Bible League International✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Ticuna bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Ticuna 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 Ticuna:
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 Ticuna of Colombia

Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life"
readJohn 4:13-14

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will drink of the living water that only Christ can provide and never thirst again.

I sought the LORD, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.
readPsalm 34:4

Pray for each who becomes a child of God to share the hope of eternity with family and friends.

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
readRomans 8:15

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember the God who has given them freedom from fear so that they will trust Him completely as their good Father who meets all their needs.

I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessing.
read1 Corinthians 9:23

Ask God to give believers a deep desire to share the gospel with those who don't know the truth about God's redemption plan, and to provide them with opportunities to do so cross-culturally.

Ticuna Across Countries (ROP3 - 110039) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
TicunaPG017129TicunaBrazil50,000No Longer UnreachedTicunaAnimism
TicunaPG016286TicunaColombia7,400No Longer UnreachedTicunaFolk Catholicism
TicunaPG017598TicunaPeru7,000No Longer UnreachedTicunaEthnoreligion

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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