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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Venezuelans of Venezuela

The Venezuelans of Venezuela, numbering approximately 24,950,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an ethnic community of mixed Indigenous and European ancestry originating in Venezuela They are an Indigenous people, with Venezuelan as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Hispanic people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Catholicism. They primarily speak Spanish.

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Venezuela
People Cluster: Hispanic
Primary Language(s): Spanish (spa)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 24,950,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016499
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Pray for the Venezuelans of Venezuela

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

93%
%
Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Spanish
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Spanish Speakers

Media Resources in Spanish:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

5 films

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Bible Resources in Spanish:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1569 Sagradas Escrituras✓
1602 Reina-Valera Antigua✓
Biblia de América✓✓✓
Dios Habla Hoy✓
La Biblia✓
La Palabra de Dios para Todos✓
La Santa Biblia, Nueva Versión Internacional®✓
Lenguaje Actual✓
Reina Valera 1995✓
Reina Valera Contemporánea✓
Reina Valera, Revisada y Corregida (1865)✓
The Word of God for All - 2000 World Bible Translation Center✓✓
The Word of God for All 2014✓✓

13 entries

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Venezuelans 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 Venezuelans:
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 Venezuelans of Venezuela

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
readEphesians 2:8-9

Pray that the lost among them will receive the gift of salvation by grace through faith, not by works, and be created for good works.

Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness!
readPsalm 150:2

Pray for the gospel to advance among those who are living in darkness. Pray that they will come to know Jesus and praise Him for all that He has done.

He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the LORD has spoken.
readIsaiah 25:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice in the hope of the Lord's coming, when He will swallow up death forever and wipe away their tears.

Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together!
readPsalm 34:3

Pray that God will raise up believers who will go to those in this people group who do not yet follow Jesus, and that they will invite many to magnify the Lord with them so that His fame will spread to the ends of the earth.

Venezuelan Mestizo Across Countries (ROP3 - 114906) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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7 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
VenezuelansPG046528VenezuelansUnited States251,000No Longer UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
VenezuelansPG047393VenezuelansCanada28,000No Longer UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
VenezuelansPG016499VenezuelansVenezuela24,950,000No Longer UnreachedSpanishFolk Catholicism
VenezuelansPG050157VenezuelansColombia2,595,000No Longer UnreachedSpanishFolk Catholicism
VenezuelansPG050401VenezuelansPeru1,360,000No Longer UnreachedSpanishFolk Catholicism
VenezuelansPG050402VenezuelansEcuador457,000No Longer UnreachedSpanishFolk Catholicism
VenezuelansPG050403VenezuelansChile465,000No Longer UnreachedSpanishFolk Catholicism

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

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