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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Kokama of Peru

The Kokama of Peru, numbering approximately 11,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Amazonian people of the Huallaga, Maranon, Ucayali, and Amazonas river basins, first contacted by Spanish explorers in 1557 and now reviving their Tupi-Guarani-derived Kukama-Kukamiria language after generations of decline. They mostly adhere to Animism and Loreto-Ucayali Spanish is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: Guarani
Primary Language(s): Loreto-Ucayali Spanish (spq)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 11,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017523
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Pray for the Kokama of Peru

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

90%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Loreto-Ucayali Spanish
Language Family: Indo-European

98%
%
Spanish, Charapa Speakers

Media Resources in Loreto-Ucayali Spanish:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Loreto-Ucayali Spanish:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Kokama 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 Kokama:
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 Kokama of Peru

Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.
readRomans 11:22

Pray that God will transform those who persist in unbelief and, in His everlasting kindness, graft them into His family.

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst."
readJohn 6:35

Pray that the lost will come to Jesus and believe in Him, never to hunger or thirst again.

More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
readRomans 5:11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice in what God has done for them and will help others know how they can also be reconciled to God.

Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works!
readPsalm 105:2

Pray for God to saturate this place with the gospel and raise up believing men and women from among them to share the good news of Christ with those who have yet to encounter it.

Kokama Across Countries (ROP3 - 102247) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KokamaPG017523KokamaPeru11,500No Longer UnreachedLoreto-Ucayali SpanishAnimism
KokamaPG016815KokamaBrazil9,600No Longer UnreachedPortugueseAnimism
KokamaPG016231KokamaColombia2,200Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishEthnoreligion

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