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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Eastern Bolivian Guarani of Bolivia

The Eastern Bolivian Guarani of Bolivia, numbering approximately 147,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Ava Guarani people formed through conquest and absorption of Arawakan-speaking Chane farmers after migrating from Paraguay across the Gran Chaco in the late 1400s, defeated at the 1892 Battle of Kuruyuki after centuries resisting outside rule. They mostly adhere to Folk Catholicism and Eastern Bolivian Guaraní is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Guarani, Eastern Bolivian

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Bolivia
People Cluster: Guarani
Primary Language(s): Eastern Bolivian Guaraní (gui)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 147,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017386
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

21%
%
Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Eastern Bolivian Guaraní
Language Family: Tupian

100%
%
Guaraní, Eastern Bolivian Speakers

Media Resources in Eastern Bolivian Guaraní:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Eastern Bolivian Guaraní:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2001 Bible Society of Bolivia✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Eastern Bolivian Guaraní bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Eastern Bolivian Guarani 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 Eastern Bolivian Guarani:
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 Eastern Bolivian Guarani of Bolivia

Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.
readRomans 11:22

Pray that God will transform those who persist in unbelief and, in His everlasting kindness, graft them into His family.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
read1 John 1:5

As mobile phones, radio, and satellite television, and other technologies become more available worldwide, pray for people who are developing digital gospel resources so that others can easily access the gospel.

Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints.
readEphesians 6:18

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be alert and persistent in prayer for all believers, offering their requests with thanksgiving.

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
readJohn 1:5

Pray that when discouraging days come, those who cross cultures for the sake of the gospel will be comforted as they remember that the light of Christ is stronger than the darkness that surrounds them.

Guarani, Eastern Bolivian Across Countries (ROP3 - 102160) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Eastern Bolivian GuaraniPG017386Eastern Bolivian GuaraniBolivia147,000No Longer UnreachedEastern Bolivian GuaraníFolk Catholicism
Eastern Bolivian GuaraniPG017327Eastern Bolivian GuaraniArgentina19,500No Longer UnreachedEastern Bolivian GuaraníEthnoreligion
Eastern Bolivian GuaraniPG017221Eastern Bolivian GuaraniParaguay2,000Engaged yet UnreachedEastern Bolivian GuaraníEthnoreligion

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