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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Waimiri-Atroari of Brazil

The Waimiri-Atroari of Brazil, numbering approximately 1,100 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an indigenous community of Brazil and can also be known as Ki’nya, Kinja, Yauaperi, Atroahy, Atroaí, Atrowari, Uaimiri, Wahmiiri, Atruahi, Crichaná, Kinã, Uaimiry, Atroari, Ki'nya, Atroarí, Kiña, Jawapweri. They are an Indigenous people, in the South American Indigenous people cluster of the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion - Animism. They primarily speak Waimiri-Atroarí.

Waimiri-Atroari in Brazil photo
Photo courtesy of Joshua Project. Photo Source: TV Brasil, EBC - Flickr TV Brasil, EBC - Flickr Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: American Peoples
Country: Brazil
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Waimiri-Atroarí (atr)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion - Animism
Population: 1,100
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity
People Group ID: PG017176

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion - Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Waimiri-Atroarí
Language Family: Cariban

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Waimiri-Atroarí Speakers

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Next steps for the Waimiri-Atroari

The Waimiri-Atroari are Unengaged and Unreached, 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.

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Next steps for the Waimiri-Atroari

The Waimiri-Atroari 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.

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Next steps for the Waimiri-Atroari

The Waimiri-Atroari 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.

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For one will scarcely die for a righteous personóthough perhaps for a good person one would dare even to dieóbut God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
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Pray for the many who don't yet understand the hope of the gospel, and pray that God will reveal to them that while they were in darkness, Christ died for them.

Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear.
readMatthew 13:8-9

Pray that they will have open hearts and minds to the Word of God, and that it will take root in their lives and bear fruit for His glory.

So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.
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Atruahi (ROP3 - 100603) reported in the following countries:

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