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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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Pray for the Kuripako of Venezuela

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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

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

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

For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption.
readPsalm 130:7b

Pray for those who are unaware of God's steadfast love that is offered to them through Jesus Christ to learn the truth and experience His plentiful redemption.

And many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people. And I will dwell in your midst, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.
readZechariah 2:11

Pray that many will take refuge in the Lord and be His people who share the good news of salvation in Jesus with others.

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.

Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works!
readPsalm 105:2

Pray for God to saturate this place with the gospel and raise up believing men and women from among them to share the good news of Christ with those who have yet to encounter it.

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

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4 people groups

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

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

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