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The Northern Conchucos Ancash Quechua of Peru

The Northern Conchucos Ancash Quechua of Peru, numbering approximately 330,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Quechua I-speaking people of the Conchucos valley in Peru's Ancash region, descended from pre-Inca Andean populations whose older, more diversified branch of Quechua predates the Inca-era Cuzco variety. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Northern Conchucos Ancash Quechua is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: Quechua
Primary Language(s): Northern Conchucos Ancash Quechua (qxn)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 330,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG017526
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

70%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Northern Conchucos Ancash Quechua
Language Family: Quechuan

100%
%
Quechua, Northern Conchucos Speakers

Media Resources in Northern Conchucos Ancash Quechua:

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Bible Resources in Northern Conchucos Ancash Quechua:

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Expanding Unreached People Group, (LPI: 2), 0.5% or Greater but Less than 2% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Northern Conchucos Ancash Quechua:
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Pray specifically for the Northern Conchucos Ancash Quechua of Peru

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
readIsaiah 53:6

Pray that those who have wandered far from God will be drawn back to Him, recognizing their need for a Savior and finding forgiveness and new life in Christ.

Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
readPsalm 47:6

Pray that believers will have a heart to invite others to trust in Christ alone so that they might sing praises to His name.

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?
readJames 4:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will turn from worldly passions and live in unity with one another.

The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
readActs 17:30

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will boldly and lovingly declare that God commands all people everywhere to repent.

Quechua, Northern Conchucos Ancash Across Countries (ROP3 - 102279) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▲CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Northern Conchucos Ancash QuechuaPG017526Northern Conchucos Ancash QuechuaPeru330,000Unengaged and UnreachedNorthern Conchucos Ancash QuechuaEthnoreligion

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