The Eklenjuy Chorote of Argentina

The Eklenjuy Chorote of Argentina, numbering approximately 1,300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a people of Argentina. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Iyojwa'ja Chorote is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Argentina
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Iyojwa'ja Chorote (crt)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 1,300
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017336
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Iyojwa'ja Chorote
Language Family: Mataguayan

75%
%
Chorote, Iyojwa’ja Speakers

Media Resources in Iyojwa'ja Chorote:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Iyojwa'ja Chorote:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Sociedad Bíblicas Unidas 1997✓

1 entry

Or check out the Iyojwa'ja Chorote bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Eklenjuy Chorote 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 Eklenjuy Chorote:
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 Eklenjuy Chorote of Argentina

But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven"
readMatthew 9:14

Pray that those who are spiritually dead will recognize their need for spiritual nourishment and turn to the One who offers true fulfillment.

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 3:23

Pray that the gospel will advance and many will acknowledge that all have sinned, fall short of God's glory, and need a Savior to reconcile them to God.

And after she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.
readActs 16:15

Pray that God will bring entire families and households to faith in Him and raise up servant-leaders from among them.

To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law.
read1 Corinthians 9:20

Pray that believers from similar cultures will be compelled by Christ's love to reach people who don't know the gospel, and that those people will receive the good news with joy.

Chorote, Eklenjuy Across Countries (ROP3 - 102190) reported in the following countries:

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