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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Cubeo of Brazil

The Cubeo of Brazil, numbering approximately 550 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an Indigenous people of the northwestern Amazon, primarily living along the Vaupés River basin in Colombia, near the borders with Brazil and Venezuela. They mostly adhere to Animism and Cubeo 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): Cubeo (cub)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 550
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG016971
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

95%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Cubeo
Language Family: Tucanoan

100%
%
Cubeo Speakers

Media Resources in Cubeo:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Cubeo:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1991 Reprint Wycliffe Bible Translators✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Cubeo bible at Bible.com

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Explore Lostness and Next Steps

Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Expanding Unreached People Group, (LPI: 2), 0.5% or Greater but Less than 2% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Cubeo:
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Pray specifically for the Cubeo of Brazil

And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
readJohn 3:19

Pray that God will have mercy on those who love the darkness they are walking in and turn from their sin to faith in Christ.

And he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
readLuke 7:50

Pray for the good news of Jesus Christ to reach many so that they can place their faith in Him and have lasting hope.

Remember the wondrous works that he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he uttered.
readPsalm 105:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice as they remember His wonders, miracles, and perfect judgements.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
readRomans 1:16

Pray that God will raise up sons and daughters who, like Paul, will be bold to share the gospel across cultural barriers so that many might receive salvation.

Cubeo, Cuveo Across Countries (ROP3 - 102325) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
CubeoPG016242CubeoColombia6,700Engaged yet UnreachedCubeoAnimism
CubeoPG016971CubeoBrazil550Unengaged and UnreachedCubeoAnimism

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