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The Secoya of Ecuador

The Secoya of Ecuador, numbering approximately 800 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Amazonian people calling themselves Siekopai, whose territory once spanned seven million acres between the Putumayo and Napo rivers before rubber-era slavery, evangelization, and the 1941 Ecuador-Peru war fragmented their communities. They mostly adhere to Animism and Secoya 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): Secoya (sey)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 800
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017477
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

80%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Secoya
Language Family: Tucanoan

20%
%
Paicoca Speakers

Media Resources in Secoya:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Secoya:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Maija'quë Huajë Ca Nëose'e✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Secoya bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Secoya 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 Secoya:
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 Secoya of Ecuador

Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth.
readPsalm 67:4

Pray that those who are lost in darkness and confusion will come to understand God's ways, submit to His righteous rule, and experience the joy of His salvation.

Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. And he said, ‘Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.’ In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.
readJob 1:20-22

Pray that those who mourn will worship God in the midst of their suffering and loss, recognizing He is the source of all good things and that He is worthy of their praise and trust.

But Jesus called them to him, saying "Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God."
readLuke 18:16

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have a burden to share the hope of Christ with children.

For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.
read2 Corinthians 1:5

When any who might believe suffer for the sake of the gospel, ask God to deepen their understanding of His grace so that they may share it freely with those who have not received it.

Secoya Across Countries (ROP3 - 108784) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▲Religion
SecoyaPG017477SecoyaEcuador800No Longer UnreachedSecoyaAnimism
SecoyaPG017588SecoyaPeru900No Longer UnreachedSecoyaAnimism

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