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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:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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Or check out the Macushi bible at Bible.com

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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

That they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us.
readActs 17:27

Pray that those who don't yet know Christ will search diligently for God and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

"O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me."
readJohn 17:25

Pray that the lost will come to know the Father and Jesus Christ, whom He has sent, and that they will be filled with His love and grace.

For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.
readActs 17:23

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have a deep desire to know God more fully and to make Him known in creative ways to others who are still searching for truth.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
read2 Peter 3:9

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will patiently endure hardships as they share the gospel, knowing that the Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise.

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

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
MacushiPG016999MacushiBrazil30,000No Longer UnreachedMacushiAnimism
MacushiPG016366MacushiGuyana9,700No Longer UnreachedMacushiAnimism
MacushiPG016475MacushiVenezuela80No Longer UnreachedMacushiAnimism

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