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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Kuripako of Colombia

The Kuripako of Colombia, numbering approximately 4,300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous group that primarily resides in the Amazon rainforest, specifically in the border regions of Colombia and Venezuela. They mostly adhere to Folk Catholicism and Curripaco is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Colombia
People Cluster: Amazon
Primary Language(s): Curripaco (kpc)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 4,300
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016244
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

35%
%
Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Curripaco
Language Family: Arawakan

100%
%
Curripaco Speakers

Media Resources in Curripaco:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Curripaco:

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

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Curripaco bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Kuripako 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 Kuripako:
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 Kuripako of Colombia

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved.
readEphesians 2:4-5

Pray that those who have not yet received new life will be made alive together with Christ, saved by grace and raised up with Him to newness of life.

I sought the LORD, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.
readPsalm 34:4

Pray for each who becomes a child of God to share the hope of eternity with family and friends.

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
readColossians 3:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.
read2 Corinthians 1:11

Pray that many people will join in praying for the spread of the gospel here, and that God will answer these prayers by drawing more people to Himself.

Kuripako Across Countries (ROP3 - 102336) reported in the following countries:

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▲PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KuripakoPG016818KuripakoBrazil1,600No Longer UnreachedCurripacoAnimism
KuripakoPG016244KuripakoColombia4,300No Longer UnreachedCurripacoFolk Catholicism
KuripakoPG043219KuripakoUnited States250No Longer UnreachedCurripacoEthnoreligion
KuripakoPG016467KuripakoVenezuela4,500No Longer UnreachedCurripacoEthnoreligion

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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