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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Ticuna of Colombia

The Ticuna of Colombia, numbering approximately 7,400 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous community of Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. They mostly adhere to Folk Catholicism and Ticuna is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Colombia
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Ticuna (tca)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 7,400
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016286
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

28%
%
Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ticuna
Language Family: Ticuna-Yuri

100%
%
Ticuna Speakers

Media Resources in Ticuna:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Ticuna:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1986 Bible League International✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Ticuna bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Ticuna 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 Ticuna:
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 Ticuna of Colombia

For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or?rulers?or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
readColossians 1:16

Pray for those who are lost among them, that they will come to know the One who created all things and holds all things together.

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
readMatthew 24:14

Pray that the gospel of God's kingdom will reach more people and that they will respond in faith, becoming disciples of Jesus Christ.

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
readRomans 6:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will lead those who might hesitate in getting baptized to trust Him as they obey His command, even when obedience is hard.

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
readEphesians 6:11

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will put on the full armor of God so that they will be able to stand against the schemes of the enemy.

Ticuna Across Countries (ROP3 - 110039) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
TicunaPG017598TicunaPeru7,000No Longer UnreachedTicunaEthnoreligion
TicunaPG017129TicunaBrazil50,000No Longer UnreachedTicunaAnimism
TicunaPG016286TicunaColombia7,400No Longer UnreachedTicunaFolk Catholicism

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