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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Yanomami-Ninam of Venezuela

The Yanomami-Ninam of Venezuela, numbering approximately 150 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an indigenous community of Venezuela and can also be known as Ninam, Casapare, Shiriana Casa, Xirixana, Jawari, Jawaperi, Xiriana, Xiriana, Shiriana, Crichana, Xirianá, Shiriana, Yanam, Jauaperi. They are an Indigenous people, in the Amazon people cluster of the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion. They primarily speak Ninam.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: American Peoples
Country: Venezuela
People Cluster: Amazon
Primary Language(s): Ninam (shb)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 150
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity
People Group ID: PG016480

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ninam
Language Family: Yanomaman

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Ninam Speakers

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Next steps for the Yanomami-Ninam

The Yanomami-Ninam are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

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Next steps for the Yanomami-Ninam

The Yanomami-Ninam are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

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Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Next steps for the Yanomami-Ninam

The Yanomami-Ninam 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.

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Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Yanomami-Ninam of Venezuela

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
readIsaiah 40:8

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Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near.
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And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!"
readMark 7:9

Pray that as men, women, boys, and girls place their faith in Christ, they will let go of any traditions that do not honor Him.

In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
readEphesians 1:13-14

Pray that God will work through believers near and far in bringing the lost to Himself, giving them what they need to do the task He has set before them, and helping them rest in Him because He has given them His Spirit.

Ninam reported in the following countries (ROP3):

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