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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Kuripako of Venezuela

The Kuripako of Venezuela, numbering approximately 4,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous group that primarily resides in the Amazon rainforest, specifically in the border regions of Colombia and Venezuela. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Curripaco is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Venezuela
People Cluster: Amazon
Primary Language(s): Curripaco (kpc)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 4,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016467
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Curripaco
Language Family: Arawakan

100%
%
Curripaco Speakers

Media Resources in Curripaco:

Films:
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1 film

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Bible Resources in Curripaco:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2018 Asociación Civil, Capacitación Lingüística, Antropológica y Alfabetización Nativa (CLAN)✓

1 entry

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Or check out the Curripaco bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Kuripako 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 Kuripako:
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 Kuripako of Venezuela

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
readPsalm 73:26

Pray that those who are lost and struggling to find hope will find their strength and hope in God, recognizing Him as their portion and deliverer forever.

...And that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
readLuke 24:47

Pray that the message of repentance and forgiveness through Jesus will reach everyone.

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
read1 Peter 2:24

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember every day that Jesus' death on the cross brings real healing and restoration to their souls and joyfully share this good news with others.

I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessing.
read1 Corinthians 9:23

Ask God to give believers a deep desire to share the gospel with those who don't know the truth about God's redemption plan, and to provide them with opportunities to do so cross-culturally.

Kuripako Across Countries (ROP3 - 102336) reported in the following countries:

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▲LanguageReligion
KuripakoPG016244KuripakoColombia4,300No Longer UnreachedCurripacoFolk Catholicism
KuripakoPG016467KuripakoVenezuela4,500No Longer UnreachedCurripacoEthnoreligion
KuripakoPG016818KuripakoBrazil1,600No Longer UnreachedCurripacoAnimism
KuripakoPG043219KuripakoUnited States250No Longer UnreachedCurripacoEthnoreligion

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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