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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Candoshi of Peru

The Candoshi of Peru, numbering approximately 3,300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous Amazonian people of Peru’s Loreto Region whose homeland lies along the Pastaza, Huitoyacu, Chapuli and Morona river systems. They mostly adhere to Animism and Candoshi-Shapra is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: Amazon
Primary Language(s): Candoshi-Shapra (cbu)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 3,300
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017510
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Pray for the Candoshi of Peru

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

94%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Candoshi-Shapra
Language Family:

100%
%
Kandozi-Chapra Speakers

Media Resources in Candoshi-Shapra:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Candoshi-Shapra:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

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Or check out the Candoshi-Shapra bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Candoshi 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 Candoshi:
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 Candoshi of Peru

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
read1 Timothy 6:9

Pray for those, rich and poor, who have put their trust in worldly things, and ask that they will be honest with themselves, acknowledge their need for God and turn to Him.

The LORD watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
readPsalm 146:9

Pray for God to watch over people, wherever they are, and cause them to meet believers who will share the gospel with them clearly and lovingly.

In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?
readPsalm 56:10-11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the Lord's promises, knowing that He will uphold them with His righteous right hand.

Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
readJohn 12:24

Pray that God will raise up men and women who are willing to die to their own desires, bearing much fruit for the kingdom among individuals and in places where His gospel has not been proclaimed.

Candoshi Across Countries (ROP3 - 101872) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group ID ▲NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
CandoshiPG017510CandoshiPeru3,300No Longer UnreachedCandoshi-ShapraAnimism

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