The Patamona of Guyana

The Patamona of Guyana, numbering approximately 5,300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Pakaraima Mountains people who call themselves Kapon, meaning people of the sky, not contacted until the early 19th century, whose sacred Kaieteur Falls is tied to the legend of chief Old Kaie sacrificing himself to appease the great spirit Makonaima. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Patamona is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Guyana
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Patamona (pbc)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 5,300
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016367
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Patamona
Language Family: Cariban

58%
%
Patamona Speakers

Media Resources in Patamona:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Patamona:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

Or check out the Patamona bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Patamona 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 Patamona:
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 Patamona of Guyana

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
readJohn 14:6

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will recognize Him as the only way to the Father and follow Him in faith.

Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
readPsalm 47:6

Pray that believers will have a heart to invite others to trust in Christ alone so that they might sing praises to His name.

But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.
readTitus 3:4-5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and might struggle with temptation to trust in their own works, they will remember that it is only because of God's mercy that they have been saved.

To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law.
read1 Corinthians 9:20

Pray that believers from similar cultures will be compelled by Christ's love to reach people who don't know the gospel, and that those people will receive the good news with joy.

Patamona Across Countries (ROP3 - 107920) reported in the following countries:

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