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The Yanomamö of Brazil

The Yanomamö of Brazil, numbering approximately 2,200 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Amazonian people of the Orinoco and northern Amazon basins spanning Venezuela and Brazil, living in kinship-based villages called shabonos where women grow most of the food, first sustained outside contact in the 1940s brought deadly epidemics. They mostly adhere to Animism and Yanomamö 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): Yanomamö (guu)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 2,200
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG016826
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Pray for the Yanomamö of Brazil

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

80%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Yanomamö
Language Family: Yanomamic

100%
%
Yanomamö Speakers

Media Resources in Yanomamö:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Yanomamö:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2008 Margaret Jank✓✓

1 entry

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Or check out the Yanomamö bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Yanomamö 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 Yanomamö:
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 Yanomamö of Brazil

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
readMatthew 11:28

Pray for those who are tired, weary, and burdened by the weight of sin to encounter Jesus and experience the rest that only He can give.

Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.
readMark 10:14b

Praise Jesus for the way He loves children, asking that many will learn the truth about Him and come to Him unhindered.

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.
readHebrews 10:23

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will cling tightly to the hope they have in God to faithfully keep His promises.

You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.
read2 Corinthians 1:11

Pray that many people will join in praying for the spread of the gospel here, and that God will answer these prayers by drawing more people to Himself.

Yanomam, Guaharibo Across Countries (ROP3 - 110975) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
YanomamoPG016508YanomamoVenezuela8,200No Longer UnreachedYanomamöAnimism
YanomamöPG016826YanomamöBrazil2,200Engaged yet UnreachedYanomamöAnimism

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