Amahuaca of Brazil (PGID: PG016517)

The Amahuaca of Brazil

The Amahuaca of Brazil, numbering approximately 275 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Panoan-speaking Amazonian people first contacted by Franciscan missionaries in 1686, whose traditional Urubamba Valley homeland was later devastated by exploitation under rubber barons before communities resettled along the Peru-Brazil border. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Amahuaca is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Brazil
People Cluster: Amazon
Primary Language(s): Amahuaca (amc)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 275
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016517
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Amahuaca
Language Family: Pano-Tacanan

75%

Amahuaca Speakers

Media Resources in Amahuaca:

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Bible Resources in Amahuaca:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Amahuaca 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 Amahuaca:

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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 Amahuaca of Brazil

The people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.
Matthew 4:16

Pray that those living in darkness and the shadow of death will see a great light and turn to the Lord for salvation.

And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
1 John 4:21

Pray that the good news of God's love will reach everyone in this people group, and that His love will compel them to love others as Christ has loved us.

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Psalm 51:10

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will quickly repent when they sin and walk with clean hearts and right spirits as they grow in their relationship with the Lord.

"Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."
John 7:38

Ask God to raise up believers and sustain them as they cross cultures to share hope with those who need it. Pray that many might come to know Christ and that streams of living water will flow from their hearts so they will never thirst again.

Amahuaca Across Countries (ROP3 - 100245) reported in the following countries:

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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2 people groups

Photo	People Group ID	Name	Country	Population ▼	Strategic Progress Index	Language	Religion
	PG017493	Amahuaca	Peru	300	Unengaged and Unreached	Amahuaca	Animism
	PG016517	Amahuaca	Brazil	275	No Longer Unreached	Amahuaca	Ethnoreligion

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