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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Colla of Chile

The Colla of Chile, numbering approximately 3,900 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as a linguistic subgroup of the Quechua people indigenous to the northwestern portion of Argentina's Jujuy province They are an Diaspora people, with Quechua / Quichua as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Quechua people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Catholicism. They primarily speak South Bolivian Quechua.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Chile
People Cluster: Quechua
Primary Language(s): South Bolivian Quechua (quh)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 3,900
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG046828

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: South Bolivian Quechua
Language Family: Quechuan

100%
%
Quechua, South Bolivian Speakers

Media Resources in South Bolivian Quechua:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in South Bolivian Quechua:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1993 Bible Society of Bolivia✓
2014 Bible Society of Bolivia✓✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the South Bolivian Quechua bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Colla 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 Colla:
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 Colla of Chile

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
readPsalm 51:17

Pray that those who want to achieve salvation through their works will be unsettled in their pursuit and that, with a broken spirit and contrite heart, they will trust in Christ.

O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
readPsalm 8:1

Pray that those who have yet to believe will soon recognize the majesty of God's name and raise their voices in praise to the Lord Almighty.

I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
readPsalm 121:1-2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and experience hardship, God will remind them that their help comes from the One who made heaven and earth and that He is powerful to meet their needs.

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.
read1 Corinthians 15:3-4

Pray that God will raise up believers to go to the lost and faithfully proclaim the good news of Jesus' death and resurrection so that all may have an opportunity to access and believe.

Quechua, Northwest Jujuy Across Countries (ROP3 - 108239) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Northwest Jujuy QuechuaPG017362Northwest Jujuy QuechuaArgentina7,200No Longer UnreachedSouth Bolivian QuechuaEthnoreligion
CollaPG046828CollaChile3,900No Longer UnreachedSouth Bolivian QuechuaFolk Catholicism

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