The Yuracare of Bolivia

The Yuracare of Bolivia, numbering approximately 3,100 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a tribe of Amerindians living in the departments of El Beni and Cochabamba between the Sucre, Ichilo, and Chapare rivers in Bolivia. They mostly adhere to Animism and Yuracare is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Bolivia
People Cluster: Guarani
Primary Language(s): Yuracare (yuz)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 3,100
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017434
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

75%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Yuracare
Language Family:

65%
%
Yuracare Speakers

Media Resources in Yuracare:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Bible Resources in Yuracare:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
New Tribes Mission✓✓✓

1 entry

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Yuracare 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 Yuracare:
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 Yuracare of Bolivia

The LORD has heard my plea; the LORD accepts my prayer.
readPsalm 6:9

Pray that lost people will hear the gospel and place their faith in Christ, knowing that He hears their plea and accepts their prayer.

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth!
readPsalm 57:11

Pray that the lost will learn about God's great love and faithfulness so that they might trust in Christ for their salvation.

Sanctify them in the truth, your word is truth.
readJohn 17:17

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will experience freedom from sin as God sanctifies them in the truth of His Word.

At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ...that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.
readColossians 4:3-4

Ask God to open doors for believers to share the gospel and help them communicate it clearly so that more people will understand the mystery of Christ and turn to follow Him.

Yuracare Across Countries (ROP3 - 111127) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

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