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The Ocaina of Peru

The Ocaina of Peru, numbering approximately 100 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Witotoan people of the Putumayo and Caqueta river basins in Peru and Colombia, historically a hinterland people living apart from major waterways, nearly wiped out alongside the Huitoto and Bora during the Putumayo rubber boom genocide. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Ocaina is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: Amazon
Primary Language(s): Ocaina (oca)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 100
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017568
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ocaina
Language Family: Huitotoan

50%
%
Ocaina Speakers

Media Resources in Ocaina:

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Bible Resources in Ocaina:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Ocaina 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 Ocaina:
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 Ocaina of Peru

The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
readPsalm 19:1

Pray that those who are lost will look to the heavens and see the glory of God displayed, leading them to seek Him and know Him as their Creator and Savior.

And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way, walk in it,’ when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.
readIsaiah 30:21

As the lost in this people group seek to know the truth of who God is, pray that the Spirit of God will draw them to Himself and guide them in the way they should go.

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?
readJames 4:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will turn from worldly passions and live in unity with one another.

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns”
readIsaiah 52:7

Pray that God will provide open doors for believers who cross cultures to share the good news of salvation with those who need it. Pray that He will give them joy as they see Him move.

Ocaina Across Countries (ROP3 - 107586) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
OcainaPG016266OcainaColombia275Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishEthnoreligion
OcainaPG017568OcainaPeru100No Longer UnreachedOcainaEthnoreligion

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