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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:
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 Krikati of Brazil

But he said, "What is impossible with man is possible with God."
readLuke 18:27

Praise God that He is the God of impossible things and that He is able to save even those who seem beyond hope.

After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, “Follow me.” And leaving everything, he rose and followed him.
readLuke 5:27-28

Prat that God will prepare many hearts to meet Him when He says, “Follow Me!” and that they will respond in faith, leaving everything behind to follow Him.

Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O LORD, God of host.
readJeremiah 15:16

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will find joy and delight in the Word of the Lord.

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!
readPsalm 51:2

Pray that God will raise up believers to go and share the gospel with those in this people group who need to be washed of their iniquity and cleansed from their sins.

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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