The Eastern Bolivian Guarani of Paraguay

The Eastern Bolivian Guarani of Paraguay, numbering approximately 2,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an indigenous community of Bolivia; a dialect subgroup of Eastern Bolivian Guaraní (gui). They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Eastern Bolivian Guaraní is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Guarani, Eastern Bolivian

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Paraguay
People Cluster: Guarani
Primary Language(s): Eastern Bolivian Guaraní (gui)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 2,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG017221
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Eastern Bolivian Guaraní
Language Family: Tupian

75%
%
Guaraní, Eastern Bolivian Speakers

Media Resources in Eastern Bolivian Guaraní:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Bible Resources in Eastern Bolivian Guaraní:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2001 Bible Society of Bolivia✓✓

1 entry

Or check out the Eastern Bolivian Guaraní bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Eastern Bolivian Guarani 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.

Next steps for the Eastern Bolivian Guarani:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Eastern Bolivian Guarani of Paraguay

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 8:1

Pray that God will reassure those who may be struggling with the cost of following Jesus that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.
readMark 4:20

Pray that those who have never encountered the gospel will have the opportunity to receive it, and that it will fall on good soil and bear much fruit.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.
readJames 1:2-3

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will consider it pure joy when they face trials of many kinds, trusting in God's promise that the testing of their faith produces perseverance.

He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.
readJohn 1:7

Pray that God will raise up witnesses to testify about Jesus so that all might believe, knowing that He is light and in Him there is no darkness at all.

Guarani, Eastern Bolivian Across Countries (ROP3 - 102160) reported in the following countries:

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