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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

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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1 film

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Bible Resources in Margos-Yarowilca-Lauricocha Quechua:

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1 entry

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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

Abraham said, "God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." So they went both of them together.
readGenesis 22:8

Pray that God will open the ears of those who are lost to understand and believe that only shed blood takes away sin and that, like Abraham, they will believe that God Himself provides the lamb for the burnt offering, who is Jesus the final, perfect sacrifice.

Sing to the LORD, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day.
readPsalm 96:2

Pray that gospel resources will reach this generation so that they will receive the good news and sing to the LORD, bless His name, and tell of His salvation each day.

I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
readPsalm 121:1-2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and experience hardship, God will remind them that their help comes from the One who made heaven and earth and that He is powerful to meet their needs.

Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre!
readPsalm 149:3

Pray that God will send His people across cultures to share the gospel so that those who don't yet know the truth about Him might praise His name and share the hope of Christ with others.

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

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Margos Chaulan QuechuaPG017552Margos Chaulan QuechuaPeru143,000No Longer UnreachedMargos-Yarowilca-Lauricocha QuechuaEthnoreligion

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