The Guajajara of Brazil

The Guajajara of Brazil, numbering approximately 24,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Tenetehara Tupi-Guarani people of Maranhão who inhabit the eastern margin of the Amazon and share common ancestry with the Tembé, from whom they diverged through nineteenth-century migration and territorial expansion. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Guajajára is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Brazil
People Cluster: Guarani
Primary Language(s): Guajajára (gub)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 24,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016849
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Guajajára
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Guajajára Speakers

Media Resources in Guajajára:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Bible Resources in Guajajára:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. 2007✓✓

1 entry

Or check out the Guajajára bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Guajajara 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 Guajajara:
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 Guajajara of Brazil

And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
readMatthew 28:16-20

Pray that those who don't yet know Him will encounter the risen Savior and be transformed by the power of His resurrection, becoming disciples who make disciples.

And he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
readLuke 7:50

Pray for the good news of Jesus Christ to reach many so that they can place their faith in Him and have lasting hope.

For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
read2 Corinthians 12:10

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will embrace their weaknesses, hardships, and difficulties, having hope because Christ's power is made perfect in their weakness.

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
readJames 5:16

Pray that believers whom God sends will confess their sins, pray for one another, and live in unity. Ask that they will model healthy Christian relationships for this people group.

Guajajara Across Countries (ROP3 - 103494) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

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