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The Yucuna of Colombia

The Yucuna of Colombia, numbering approximately 750 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Arawakan-speaking Indigenous people of the Mirití-Paraná and lower Caquetá river basin in the Colombian Amazon who maintain patrilineal clans, exogamous marriage traditions, and a strong cultural connection to the maloca and rainforest homeland. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Yucuna 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): Yucuna (ycn)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 750
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016295
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Pray for the Yucuna of Colombia

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Yucuna
Language Family: Arawakan

100%
%
Yucuna Speakers

Media Resources in Yucuna:

Films:
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1 film

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Bible Resources in Yucuna:

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1 entry

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Or check out the Yucuna bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Yucuna 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 Yucuna:
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 Yucuna of Colombia

In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
readMatthew 5:16

Pray that those who are deceived about what brings peace will not settle for any lies they’ve heard about God and will diligently seek Him and be satisfied when they learn the truth about who He is and what He’s done.

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
readPsalm 119:105

Pray that they will receive the Word of God as a lamp to their feet and commit their ways to Him.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
read2 Corinthians 9:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust God in all things, especially in times of persecution.

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
readEphesians 6:12

Ask God to give those He sends to cross cultures the discernment they need to recognize the spiritual battle they are fighting. Pray God will protect their faith as they abide in Him.

Yucuna Across Countries (ROP3 - 111107) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▼PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
YucunaPG016295YucunaColombia750No Longer UnreachedYucunaEthnoreligion

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