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The Achuar Jivaro of Peru

The Achuar Jivaro of Peru, numbering approximately 11,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous Chicham people of the upper Amazon whose territory spans the Peru-Ecuador border, including the Pastaza, Huasaga, and Corrientes river regions. They mostly adhere to Animism and Achuar-Shiwiar is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Achual Jivaro

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Achuar-Shiwiar (acu)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 11,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017490
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

85%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Achuar-Shiwiar
Language Family: Chicham

40%
%
Achuar-Shiwiar Speakers

Media Resources in Achuar-Shiwiar:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Achuar-Shiwiar:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1983 Bible League International✓✓✓

1 entry

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Or check out the Achuar-Shiwiar bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Achuar Jivaro 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 Achuar Jivaro:
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 Achuar Jivaro of Peru

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
readTitus 3:3

Pray for those who seek worldly pleasures instead of God to flee from sin and choose God’s goodness and lovingkindness by placing their faith in Jesus.

...I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
readPsalm 13:5

Ask God to bring many to trust in His unfailing love and cause their hearts to rejoice in His salvation.

“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”
readLamentations 3:24

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and walk through trials, they will be satisfied with the Lord as their portion and will place all their hope in Him.

Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father sends me, even so I am sending you."
readJohn 20:21

Ask God to raise up and send out believers cross-culturally who will go out in His authority and be sustained by His peace as they share the gospel with the lost.

Achuar Jivaro Across Countries (ROP3 - 100045) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▲LanguageReligion
Achuar JivaroPG017457Achuar JivaroEcuador7,500No Longer UnreachedAchuar-ShiwiarAnimism
Achuar JivaroPG017490Achuar JivaroPeru11,000No Longer UnreachedAchuar-ShiwiarAnimism

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