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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau of Brazil

The Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau of Brazil, numbering approximately 125 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are native to Brazil, Rondonia They are an Indigenous people, in the Guarani people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion. They primarily speak Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: American Peoples
Country: Brazil
People Cluster: Guarani
Primary Language(s): Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau (urz)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 125
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity
People Group ID: PG017168
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau
Language Family: Tupian

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Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau Speakers

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Next steps for the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau

The Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau 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.

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Next steps for the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau

The Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau 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.

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Next steps for the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau

The Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau 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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For one will scarcely die for a righteous personóthough perhaps for a good person one would dare even to dieóbut God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
readRomans 5:7-8

Pray for the many who don't yet understand the hope of the gospel, and pray that God will reveal to them that while they were in darkness, Christ died for them.

Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
readRomans 2:4

Pray that, in God's kindness and according to His nature, He will lead many to repentance.

And they all ate and were satisfied. And what was left over was picked up, twelve baskets of broken pieces.
readLuke 9:17

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will meditate on the stories of Jesus' miracles, be in awe of Him, and trust Him for everything they need.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
readPsalm 23:6

Ask God to raise up believers who will share the hope that, for those who trust in Christ, goodness and love will follow them all the days of their lives, and they will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau (ROP3 - 110438) reported in the following countries:

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