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The Krikati of Brazil

The Krikati of Brazil, numbering approximately 900 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Eastern Timbira people who call themselves Kricatije, originally settled near the Rio Tocantins before relocating to Maranhao, whose population collapsed from 2,000 to just 200 by the 1960s after 1920s conflict with a rancher scattered them. They mostly adhere to Animism and Krikati-Timbira 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): Krikati-Timbira (xri)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 900
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG016989
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

65%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Krikati-Timbira
Language Family: Nuclear-Macro-Je

100%
%
Krikati-Timbira Speakers

Media Resources in Krikati-Timbira:

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Bible Resources in Krikati-Timbira:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Krikati 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 Krikati:
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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 Krikati of Brazil

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
readMatthew 24:14

Pray that the message of hope will reach those who are wandering in darkness, offering them a path to eternal life.

Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth.
readPsalm 67:4

Pray that God will use ways from in-person witnesses to digital gospel resources to bring the joy of His salvation to everyone so that they can be glad in Him and sing for joy.

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
readRomans 8:15

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember the God who has given them freedom from fear so that they will trust Him completely as their good Father who meets all their needs.

O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
readPsalm 8:1

Pray that God will raise up people who love Him and are able and willing to go to and share the hope of the gospel with those who don't know it. Pray that everyone will see His name as majestic in all the earth!

Krikati Across Countries (ROP3 - 105308) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group ID ▲NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KrikatiPG016989KrikatiBrazil900Engaged yet UnreachedKrikati-TimbiraAnimism

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