The Lowland Quichua of Peru

The Lowland Quichua of Peru, numbering approximately 11,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Quechua-speaking Amazonian people of the Napo, Aguarico, San Miguel, and Putumayo river basins whose ancestors, the Quijos, were nearly exterminated by the Spanish before their language shifted from the original Shillipanu to Quichua. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Napo Lowland Quechua is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Quichua, Lowland

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: Quechua
Primary Language(s): Napo Lowland Quechua (qvo)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 11,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG017548
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Napo Lowland Quechua
Language Family: Quechuan

100%
%
Quichua, Napo Speakers

Media Resources in Napo Lowland Quechua:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Napo Lowland Quechua:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Colegio Don Bosco✓✓

1 entry

Or check out the Napo Lowland Quechua bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Lowland Quichua are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Lowland Quichua:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Lowland Quichua of Peru

Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
readPsalm 20:7

Pray for those who trust in anything other than the Lord to be convicted of their sin and learn about what Jesus did for them so that they can choose to trust in Him.

The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
readLamentations 3:23-23

Pray that they will have hope in the Lord, knowing that His compassions never fails and that His mercies are new every morning.

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works.
readHebrews 10:24

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will love and encourage one another, spurring each other on to live lives that honor God.

To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
read1 Corinthians 9:22

Ask God to raise up believers from around the world to go and share the hope of Jesus with the lost so that they might trust in Him and have the hope of eternal life.

Quichua, Napo Lowland Across Countries (ROP3 - 105887) reported in the following countries:

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