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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Guajibo of Venezuela

The Guajibo of Venezuela, numbering approximately 12,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are traditionally nomadic hunter-gatherer-fishers of the Orinoco River savannas shared with Colombia, organized into bands under hereditary leaders and historically dependent on armadillo as their most important food source. They mostly adhere to Folk Catholicism and Guahibo is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Venezuela
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Guahibo (guh)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 12,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016468
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

64%
%
Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Guahibo
Language Family: Guahiboan

97%
%
Guahibo Speakers

Media Resources in Guahibo:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Guahibo:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Revised✓✓
Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc.✓✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Guahibo bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Guajibo 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 Guajibo:
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 Guajibo of Venezuela

But he said, "What is impossible with man is possible with God."
readLuke 18:27

Praise God that He is the God of impossible things and that He is able to save even those who seem beyond hope.

Moses said, "Please show me your glory." And he said, "I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name 'The LORD.' And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy."
readExodus 33:18-19

Pray that many will come to know the glory of God, which is revealed in Jesus Christ, and that they will rejoice in the mercy He offers them.

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
readIsaiah 41:10

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will not fear, for the Lord is with them, and He will strengthen, help, and uphold them with His righteous right hand.

May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, that your way may be known on earth, your saving power among all nations.
readPsalm 67:1-2

Pray that as God blesses believers from among this people group or from nearby cultures, He will raise them up to share His saving power among the nations.

Guajibo Across Countries (ROP3 - 103495) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
GuajiboPG016247GuajiboColombia26,500No Longer UnreachedGuahiboEthnoreligion
GuajiboPG016468GuajiboVenezuela12,500No Longer UnreachedGuahiboFolk Catholicism

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