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The Awa-Cuaiquer of Ecuador

The Awa-Cuaiquer of Ecuador, numbering approximately 3,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Chibchan-speaking people of the steep rainforest hills straddling northern Ecuador and southern Colombia, living in dispersed stilt houses along rivers like the Gualcala and San Juan and managing a communal forest reserve established in 1987. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Awa-Cuaiquer is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Ecuador
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Awa-Cuaiquer (kwi)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 3,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017473
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Awa-Cuaiquer
Language Family: Barbacoan

67%
%
Awa-Cuaiquer Speakers

Media Resources in Awa-Cuaiquer:

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Bible Resources in Awa-Cuaiquer:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Awa-Cuaiquer 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 Awa-Cuaiquer:
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 Awa-Cuaiquer of Ecuador

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.

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
readRomans 10:14

Pray that the gospel will advance among those who don’t know the good news of salvation in Jesus so that they might believe and trust in Jesus.

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
readIsaiah 9:6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice in the coming of the Prince of Peace because He will bring everlasting peace and rule with justice and righteousness.

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.

Quaiquer Across Countries (ROP3 - 108232) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
Awa-CuaiquerPG016275Awa-CuaiquerColombia15,500Engaged yet UnreachedAwa-CuaiquerEthnoreligion
Awa-CuaiquerPG017473Awa-CuaiquerEcuador3,000No Longer UnreachedAwa-CuaiquerEthnoreligion

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