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The Piaroa of Colombia

The Piaroa of Colombia, numbering approximately 750 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous people of the middle Orinoco Basin whose communities in Colombia's Vichada and Guaviare regions share a transborder heritage with Piaroa populations in Venezuela and maintain a distinct Saliban cultural tradition. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Piaroa 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): Piaroa (pid)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 750
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016271
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

80%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Piaroa
Language Family: Saliban

76%
%
Piaroa Speakers

Media Resources in Piaroa:

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Bible Resources in Piaroa:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Piaroa 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 Piaroa:
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 Piaroa of Colombia

Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
readJohn 3:18

Pray for those who are living under the burden of their sin to believe in Jesus, the only Son of God, and receive freedom.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
readJohn 3:16

Pray that the lost will seek God and learn that they have a heavenly Father who loves them and wants them to live eternally with Him.

For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.
readActs 17:23

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have a deep desire to know God more fully and to make Him known in creative ways to others who are still searching for truth.

Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
readLuke 10:3

Ask God to raise up and send humble believers who will depend on Him as they go out like lambs among wolves to share the good news with those who need to hear it.

Piaroa Across Countries (ROP3 - 108023) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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2 people groups

Photo People Group ID Name Country Population ▼ Strategic Progress Index Language Religion
Piaroa PG016486 Piaroa Venezuela 13,500 No Longer Unreached Piaroa Animism
Piaroa PG016271 Piaroa Colombia 750 No Longer Unreached Piaroa Ethnoreligion

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