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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

The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.
readProverbs 4:19

Pray that lost people will accept salvation through Christ, turn from destruction, and experience joy in the way of righteousness.

“I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’ to a nation that was not called by my name."
readIsaiah 65:1

Pray that the lost will be found by God, even when they are not seeking Him. Pray that He will reveal Himself to them in a way they cannot ignore and that they will respond in faith.

Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.
readColossians 4:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving, as they bring needs before the Lord.

And through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
readColossians 1:20

As believers cross cultures to tell others about Jesus, praise God for allowing them to be a part of His reconciling all things to Himself, asking Him to help them remember their role in His beautiful plan of salvation for others.

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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