The Margos Chaulan Quechua of Peru

The Margos Chaulan Quechua of Peru, numbering approximately 143,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous Quechua people of Peru's Huánuco highlands whose identity reflects ancient Andean heritage, adaptation to mountain communities, and membership in the broader Quechua ethnolinguistic tradition. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Margos-Yarowilca-Lauricocha 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): Margos-Yarowilca-Lauricocha Quechua (qvm)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 143,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017552
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Margos-Yarowilca-Lauricocha Quechua
Language Family: Quechuan

73%
%
Quechua, Margos-Yarowilca-Lauricocha Speakers

Media Resources in Margos-Yarowilca-Lauricocha Quechua:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

Bible Resources in Margos-Yarowilca-Lauricocha Quechua:

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1 entry

Or check out the Margos-Yarowilca-Lauricocha Quechua bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Margos Chaulan Quechua 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 Margos Chaulan Quechua:
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 Margos Chaulan Quechua of Peru

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
readTitus 3:3

Pray for those who seek worldly pleasures instead of God to flee from sin and choose God’s goodness and lovingkindness by placing their faith in Jesus.

Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength!
readPsalm 96:7

Pray that entire households will come to faith in Jesus and that God will bless their families with faith in Him for generations to come.

For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.
readPsalm 47:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will exalt the Lord, recognizing His reign over the nations and His sovereignty over all things.

To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel.
readEphesians 6:18b-19

Ask God to give believers He sends to the lost of this people group the boldness and clarity to proclaim the mystery of the gospel in a way that people can understand.

Quechua, Margos-Yarowilca-Lauricocha Across Countries (ROP3 - 106327) reported in the following countries:

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