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The Yukpa of Venezuela

The Yukpa of Venezuela, numbering approximately 9,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Amerindian group of Karib extraction who are indigenous to the river valleys of northwestern Venezuela and northern Colombia. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Yukpa is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Venezuela
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Yukpa (yup)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 9,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016463
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Pray for the Yukpa of Venezuela

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Yukpa
Language Family: Cariban

28%
%
Yukpa Speakers

Media Resources in Yukpa:

Films:
Title Link
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1 film

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Bible Resources in Yukpa:

Bible Name (Translation) Video Audio Text
2018 Asociación Civil, Capacitación Lingüística, Antropológica y Alfabetización Nativa (CLAN) ✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Yukpa bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Yukpa 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 Yukpa:
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 Yukpa of Venezuela

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
readJohn 3:17

Pray for those who are living under the burdens of man-made religion to learn about the freedom Jesus offers them and turn to Him in faith.

If I ascend to heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
readPsalm 139:8

Pray that the lost will recognize God's presence with them wherever they go, put their faith in Christ, and seek to live in a way that honors and glorifies Him.

Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation.
readPsalm 111:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will praise the Lord with their whole heart in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation.

So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God who has mercy.
readRomans 9:16

Ask God to raise up people who will trust in His sovereignty as they share the gospel, knowing that it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God who has mercy.

Yukpa Across Countries (ROP3 - 111118) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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3 people groups

Photo People Group ID Name Country Population ▼ Strategic Progress Index Language Religion
Yukpa PG016463 Yukpa Venezuela 9,000 No Longer Unreached Yukpa Ethnoreligion
Yukpa PG016296 Yukpa Colombia 4,200 Unengaged and Unreached Yukpa Ethnoreligion
Yukpa PG043187 Yukpa United States 900 No Longer Unreached Yukpa Roman Catholicism

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