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The Maquiritari of Venezuela

The Maquiritari of Venezuela, numbering approximately 6,100 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Cariban rainforest people of Venezuela's Caura and Orinoco river regions who defeated a Spanish military incursion in 1775 and preserved autonomy until 1960s development programs fragmented their traditional egalitarian village leadership. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Maquiritari is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Venezuela
People Cluster: Amazon
Primary Language(s): Maquiritari (mch)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 6,100
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016478
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Maquiritari
Language Family: Cariban

100%
%
Maquiritari Speakers

Media Resources in Maquiritari:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Maquiritari:

Bible Name (Translation) Video Audio Text
2018 Asociación Civil, Capacitación Lingüística, Antropológica y Alfabetización Nativa (CLAN) ✓

1 entry

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Maquiritari 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 Maquiritari:
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 Maquiritari of Venezuela

Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!
readPsalm 46:10

Pray that those who do not yet worship Jesus will be still and know that He is God, that He will be exalted among them and in all the earth.

And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us.
readActs 17:26-27

Pray that the lost will seek God and find Him, for He is not far from each one of us. Pray that they will have opportunities to access the gospel, learn God's purpose for their lives, and believe in Him.

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
readJohn 10:27

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will hear God's voice and will have the great assurance that no one can snatch them from the Father’s hand.

Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.
read3 John 1:2

Ask God to grant protection and good health — both physical and spiritual — to those He sends cross-culturally to share the gospel.

Yekuana Across Countries (ROP3 - 106298) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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2 people groups

Photo People Group ID Name Country Population ▼ Strategic Progress Index Language Religion
Maquiritari PG016478 Maquiritari Venezuela 6,100 No Longer Unreached Maquiritari Ethnoreligion
Maquiritari PG017008 Maquiritari Brazil 500 No Longer Unreached Maquiritari Ethnoreligion

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