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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Toba of Paraguay

The Toba of Paraguay, numbering approximately 1,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous community of South America, native to Argentina, Paraguay, and Bolivia. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Toba is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Paraguay
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Toba (tob)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 1,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017283
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Toba
Language Family: Guaicuruan

76%
%
Toba Speakers

Media Resources in Toba:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Toba:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2012 Sociedad Bíblica de Argentina✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Toba bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Toba 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 Toba:
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 Toba of Paraguay

But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.
readIsaiah 59:2

Pray that those who are separated from God will turn to Him in humility and repentance, seeking His forgiveness and the restoration of a right relationship with their Heavenly Father.

For I will proclaim the name of the LORD; ascribe greatness to our God!
readDeuteronomy 32:3

Pray that believers will proclaim the Lord’s name and declare the greatness of our God so that others might believe in Him.

And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.
readActs 4:31

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be filled with the Holy Spirit and speak God's Word with boldness, sharing the love of Jesus with those around them.

And thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else's foundation, but as it is written, "Those who have never been told of him will see, and those who have never heard will understand."
readRomans 15:20-21

Pray that God will send believers to cross cultures and proclaim the gospel where Christ has not been named, so that the nations might glorify God for His mercy.

Toba Across Countries (ROP3 - 110108) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
TobaPG017283TobaParaguay1,500No Longer UnreachedTobaEthnoreligion
TobaPG017371TobaArgentina77,500No Longer UnreachedTobaEthnoreligion
TobaPG017427TobaBolivia225No Longer UnreachedTobaEthnoreligion

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