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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Macushi of Guyana

The Macushi of Guyana, numbering approximately 9,700 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a South American indigenous people living in the borderlands of southern Guyana, northern Brazil in the state of Roraima, and the eastern part of Venezuela. They mostly adhere to Animism and Macushi is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Guyana
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Macushi (mbc)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 9,700
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016366
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

60%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Macushi
Language Family: Cariban

78%
%
Macushi Speakers

Media Resources in Macushi:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Macushi:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Macushi 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 Macushi:
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 Macushi of Guyana

Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
readPsalm 67:3

Pray that those who are lost and unaware of God's blessings will come to know Him as the one true God, put their trust in Him, and join in praising Him among the nations.

Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear.
readMatthew 13:8-9

Pray that they will have open hearts and minds to the Word of God, and that it will take root in their lives and bear fruit for His glory.

Sanctify them in the truth, your word is truth.
readJohn 17:17

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will experience freedom from sin as God sanctifies them in the truth of His Word.

For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.
readPsalm 96:4

Pray that God will raise up believers to declare His glory among the lost, so that they may know that He is great and greatly to be praised, that He is exalted above all gods.

Macushi Across Countries (ROP3 - 105976) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
MacushiPG016366MacushiGuyana9,700No Longer UnreachedMacushiAnimism
MacushiPG016475MacushiVenezuela80No Longer UnreachedMacushiAnimism
MacushiPG016999MacushiBrazil30,000No Longer UnreachedMacushiAnimism

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