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The Bare of Brazil

The Bare of Brazil, numbering approximately 7,400 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are one of the subdivisions of the Barasana people—a Tucanoan-speaking indigenous group located in the northwest Amazon, especially in Colombia. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Nhengatu is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Brazil
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Nhengatu (yrl)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 7,400
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG016566
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Pray for the Bare of Brazil

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

80%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Nhengatu
Language Family: Tupian

100%
%
Nhengatu Speakers

Media Resources in Nhengatu:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Nhengatu:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Bare 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.

Next steps for the Bare:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
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

Pray specifically for the Bare of Brazil

All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.
readRomans 3:12

Pray that those who are enslaved to sin will admit their need for a Savior, acknowledging that no one is righteous.

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
readLuke 13:3

Pray that the lost will repent and believe the gospel, for without it, they will perish.

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.

For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, “‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
readActs 13:47

Pray that as people come to faith, they will follow the Lord's leading to go to their neighbors and share the treasure they found in Christ.

Bare Across Countries (ROP3 - 101053) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BarePG046851BareVenezuela4,300Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishFolk Catholicism
BarePG016566BareBrazil7,400Engaged yet UnreachedNhengatuEthnoreligion

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