The Cashibo of Peru

The Cashibo of Peru, numbering approximately 7,100 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as a Panoan-speaking group of Amerindians in Peru They are an Indigenous people, with Cashibo as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Amazon people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. They mostly adhere to Animism and Cashibo-Cacataibo is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: Amazon
Primary Language(s): Cashibo-Cacataibo (cbr)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 7,100
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017513
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

85%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Cashibo-Cacataibo
Language Family: Pano-Tacanan

100%
%
Kakataibo-Kashibo Speakers

Media Resources in Cashibo-Cacataibo:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Bible Resources in Cashibo-Cacataibo:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1978/1995 The Bible League✓✓✓

1 entry

Or check out the Cashibo-Cacataibo bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Cashibo 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 Cashibo:
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 Cashibo of Peru

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
readMatthew 9:36

Pray that those who have no hope and are in need of a Savior will be comforted by the Good Shepherd, who seeks to gather the lost and weary into His care.

Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness; tremble before him, all the earth!
readPsalm 96:9

Pray that many who do not yet know Jesus will come to know Him and worship Him in the splendor of His holiness.

"...I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
readMatthew 16:18b

Pray that God will build and grow His Church among this people.

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
readIsaiah 43:19

Praise the God who is able to make a way forward, even when it seems impossible. Ask Him to do a new thing among this people group specifically and among the nations, raising up believers to go and share the gospel with individuals and places where it has not flourished before.

Cashibo Across Countries (ROP3 - 101892) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
All

1 people group

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