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The Yagua of Colombia

The Yagua of Colombia, numbering approximately 1,100 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an Indigenous people of the northwestern Amazon whose communities inhabit the rivers of southern Colombia and northeastern Peru and who maintain a distinct Peba-Yaguan heritage rooted in rainforest agriculture, fishing, and clan organization. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Yagua 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): Yagua (yad)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 1,100
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG016293
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

95%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Yagua
Language Family: Peba-Yagua

30%
%
Yagua Speakers

Media Resources in Yagua:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Yagua:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1994 The Bible League✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Yagua bible at Bible.com

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Explore Lostness and Next Steps

Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Pioneer Unreached People Group, (LPI: 1), 0.1% or Greater but Less than 0.5% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

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Pray specifically for the Yagua of Colombia

"And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
readJohn 8:32

Pray for those who live enslaved to sin to hear and receive the truth of the gospel and be set free.

Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized.
readActs 18:8

Pray that rulers and leaders will access the gospel, respond in faith, and be baptized, uniting with Christ and His Church, and influence others to follow Him.

Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!
readPsalm 133:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be unified and love one another as God loves them.

Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.”
readPsalm 96:10

Pray for God to put in the hearts of believers to go to the lost and testify about the Lord who reigns.

Yagua Across Countries (ROP3 - 110919) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
YaguaPG016293YaguaColombia1,100Unengaged and UnreachedYaguaEthnoreligion
YaguaPG017602YaguaPeru5,700No Longer UnreachedYaguaAnimism

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