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The Toba-Maskoy of Paraguay

The Toba-Maskoy of Paraguay, numbering approximately 550 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Maskoy people of the Paraguayan Chaco whose Toba ancestors migrated from Argentina around 1870 fleeing persecution to settle Alto Paraguay, later suffering land loss and smallpox epidemics alongside neighboring peoples during the 1932-35 Chaco War era. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Toba-Maskoy is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Paraguay
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Toba-Maskoy (tmf)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 550
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017282
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Toba-Maskoy
Language Family: Lengua-Mascoy

77%
%
Toba-Maskoy Speakers

Media Resources in Toba-Maskoy:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Toba-Maskoy:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
LETRA Paraguay✓✓

1 entry

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Toba-Maskoy 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 Toba-Maskoy:
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 Toba-Maskoy of Paraguay

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
read1 John 1:9

Pray that God, who is faithful and just, will open the eyes of those who are lost and draw them to confess their sins and trust in Him to grant forgiveness.

Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward.
readPsalm 127:3

Pray that God will bless this generation of children, that they will come to know Jesus early in life and follow Him always.

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
readColossians 4:6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, their speech will always be gracious and ready to answer for the hope which is within them.

"For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you."
readActs 17:23

Pray that believers God sends to cross cultures will be sensitive to the spiritual needs of the people they serve, and will proclaim the truth of Christ to them in creative ways that they will understand.

Toba-Maskoy Across Countries (ROP3 - 110112) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Toba-MaskoyPG017282Toba-MaskoyParaguay550No Longer UnreachedToba-MaskoyEthnoreligion

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