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The Kayabi of Brazil

The Kayabi of Brazil, numbering approximately 2,400 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Tupi-Guarani people who call themselves Kawaiwete and historically inhabited the Teles Pires, Arinos, and Peixes river region before large-scale migrations brought most communities into the Xingu Indigenous Territory. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Kayabí is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Brazil
People Cluster: Guarani
Primary Language(s): Kayabí (kyz)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 2,400
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016965
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kayabí
Language Family: Tupian

79%
%
Kayabí Speakers

Media Resources in Kayabí:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Kayabí:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

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Or check out the Kayabí bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Kayabi 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 Kayabi:
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 Kayabi of Brazil

And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
readMatthew 6:16

Pray that those who live to please men and not God will turn from the emptiness of seeking approval from others and find true satisfaction in the treasure of a personal relationship with God.

...And that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
readLuke 24:47

Pray that the message of repentance and forgiveness through Jesus will reach everyone.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
readPsalm 27:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will strengthen them when they face persecution of any kind for Jesus' name’s sake.

And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.
readMark 5:20

Pray that God will bring people who appear beyond hope to faith in Jesus and that they will then go and tell others of the marvelous things He has done.

Kayabi Across Countries (ROP3 - 104774) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▲PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KayabiPG016965KayabiBrazil2,400No Longer UnreachedKayabíEthnoreligion

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