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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Guajibo of Venezuela

The Guajibo of Venezuela, numbering approximately 12,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are traditionally nomadic hunter-gatherer-fishers of the Orinoco River savannas shared with Colombia, organized into bands under hereditary leaders and historically dependent on armadillo as their most important food source. They mostly adhere to Folk Catholicism and Guahibo 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): Guahibo (guh)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 12,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016468
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

64%
%
Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Guahibo
Language Family: Guahiboan

97%
%
Guahibo Speakers

Media Resources in Guahibo:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Guahibo:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc.✓✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Guahibo bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Guajibo 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 Guajibo:
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 Guajibo of Venezuela

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
readMatthew 5:44-45

Pray for those who don't know Jesus to encounter believers who are kind and compassionate and that their imitation of Christ will serve as a testimony that attracts lost people to Jesus.

...And that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
readLuke 24:47

Pray that the message of repentance and forgiveness through Jesus will reach everyone.

More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
readRomans 5:11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice in what God has done for them and will help others know how they can also be reconciled to God.

Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
read2 Corinthians 5:20

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will be His ambassadors, faithfully imploring people on Christ's behalf to be reconciled to God through Jesus.

Guajibo Across Countries (ROP3 - 103495) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▲Religion
GuajiboPG016247GuajiboColombia26,500No Longer UnreachedGuahiboEthnoreligion
GuajiboPG016468GuajiboVenezuela12,500No Longer UnreachedGuahiboFolk Catholicism

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