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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Toba of Paraguay

The Toba of Paraguay, numbering approximately 1,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous community of South America, native to Argentina, Paraguay, and Bolivia. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Toba is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Paraguay
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Toba (tob)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 1,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017283
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Toba
Language Family: Guaicuruan

76%
%
Toba Speakers

Media Resources in Toba:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Toba:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2012 Sociedad Bíblica de Argentina✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Toba bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Toba 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 Toba:
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 Toba of Paraguay

For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?
readPsalm 18:31

As people look to their own efforts for hope, pray they will have the opportunity to learn and believe in the Lord, who is the only Rock worthy of their faith.

Moses said, "Please show me your glory." And he said, "I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name 'The LORD.' And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy."
readExodus 33:18-19

Pray that many will come to know the glory of God, which is revealed in Jesus Christ, and that they will rejoice in the mercy He offers them.

More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
readRomans 5:11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice in what God has done for them and will help others know how they can also be reconciled to God.

Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
readLuke 10:3

Ask God to raise up and send humble believers who will depend on Him as they go out like lambs among wolves to share the good news with those who need to hear it.

Toba Across Countries (ROP3 - 110108) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
TobaPG017371TobaArgentina77,500No Longer UnreachedTobaEthnoreligion
TobaPG017283TobaParaguay1,500No Longer UnreachedTobaEthnoreligion
TobaPG017427TobaBolivia225No Longer UnreachedTobaEthnoreligion

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