Ese Ejja of Peru (PGID: PG017531)

The Ese Ejja of Peru

The Ese Ejja of Peru, numbering approximately 600 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Amazonian people, also known as Huarayo or Chama, whose name Ece'je simply means people, living along Peru's Tambopata and Heath rivers as part of a small transborder population shared with Bolivia and once entirely dependent on hunting and gathering. They mostly adhere to Animism and Ese Ejja is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: Amazon
Primary Language(s): Ese Ejja (ese)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 600
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017531
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

60%

Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ese Ejja
Language Family: Pano-Tacanan

100%

Ese Ejja Speakers

Media Resources in Ese Ejja:

Films:

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1 film

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Bible Resources in Ese Ejja:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio	Text
2006 New Tribes Bolivia		✓	✓

1 entry

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Ese Ejja 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.

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If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9

Pray that God, who is faithful and just, will open the eyes of those who are lost and draw them to confess their sins and trust in Him to grant forgiveness.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
1 John 1:5

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The LORD bless you and keep you.
Numbers 6:24

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be blessed with God's grace, trusting that He will never abandon them.

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12

Pray that God will make His living and active Word available to everyone in this people group so that many will respond to the gospel. Ask Him to provide Jesus-followers to walk with new believers as they grow in Him.

Ese Ejja Across Countries (ROP3 - 102948) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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2 people groups

Photo	People Group ID	Name	Country	Population	Strategic Progress Index	Language ▼	Religion
	PG017402	Ese Ejja	Bolivia	850	No Longer Unreached	Ese Ejja	Animism
	PG017531	Ese Ejja	Peru	600	No Longer Unreached	Ese Ejja	Animism

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