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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Achuar Jivaro of Peru

The Achuar Jivaro of Peru, numbering approximately 11,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Ecuador. They mostly adhere to Animism and Achuar-Shiwiar is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Achual Jivaro

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Achuar-Shiwiar (acu)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 11,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017490
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

85%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Achuar-Shiwiar
Language Family: Chicham

40%
%
Achuar-Shiwiar Speakers

Media Resources in Achuar-Shiwiar:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Achuar-Shiwiar:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1983 Bible League International✓✓✓

1 entry

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Or check out the Achuar-Shiwiar bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Achuar Jivaro 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 Achuar Jivaro:
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 Achuar Jivaro of Peru

For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.
readEphesians 5:8

Pray that those who are lost will turn from the darkness they are walking in and embrace the light, becoming children of light who bear fruit in every good work.

He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.
readIsaiah 40:11

Pray that the lost will come to know the tender care of the Good Shepherd, who gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart.

For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God. Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name.
readPsalm 86:10-11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the Lord with all their heart, knowing that He is the one true God and will teach them His ways.

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
readMatthew 9:37-38

Pray that the Lord of the harvest will raise up believers to send out into His harvest field, which is ripe and ready.

Achuar Jivaro Across Countries (ROP3 - 100045) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Achuar JivaroPG017490Achuar JivaroPeru11,000No Longer UnreachedAchuar-ShiwiarAnimism
Achuar JivaroPG017457Achuar JivaroEcuador7,500No Longer UnreachedAchuar-ShiwiarAnimism

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