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The Akurio of Brazil

The Akurio of Brazil, numbering approximately 40 people, are Unengaged and Unreached.
They are described as one of the smallest and most historically isolated Indigenous peoples of South America. They are a Cariban‑speaking hunter‑gatherer group indigenous to the deep rainforest interior of Suriname, in the eastern Guiana Shield region of northern South America. They are also known as Akuriyo, Akuliyo, Wayaricuri.
They are an Diaspora people in the South American Indigenous people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples affinity bloc.
Trió is their primary language and Ethnoreligion is their primary religion.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Akurio are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Unreached yet Engaged

The Akurio are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

No longer Unreached

The Akurio 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.

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readActs 17:27

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readPsalm 149:4

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I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessing.
read1 Corinthians 9:23

Ask God to give believers a deep desire to share the gospel with those who don't know the truth about God's redemption plan, and to provide them with opportunities to do so cross-culturally.

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