The Pasco-Yanahuanca Quechua of Peru

The Pasco-Yanahuanca Quechua of Peru, numbering approximately 51,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a linguistic subgroup of the Quechua people indigenous to Peru's Pasco region. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Yanahuanca Pasco 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): Yanahuanca Pasco Quechua (qur)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 51,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017583
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

30%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Yanahuanca Pasco Quechua
Language Family: Quechuan

30%
%
Quechua, Chaupihuaranga Speakers

Media Resources in Yanahuanca Pasco Quechua:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Yanahuanca Pasco Quechua:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Yanahuanca Pasco Quechua bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Pasco-Yanahuanca 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 Pasco-Yanahuanca 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 Pasco-Yanahuanca Quechua of Peru

For you, O LORD, are most high over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods.
readPsalm 97:9

Pray that those who don't yet know Him will recognize the Lord as the Most High and turn from spiritual darkness to worship Him above all else.

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
readIsaiah 43:19

Pray that the lost will see the new thing God can do in their lives and trust in His plan and purpose for them.

But recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings, sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.
readHebrews 10:32-33

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember the day of their salvation and persevere in their faith despite hardships and suffering.

Go on up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good news; lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, "Behold your God!"
readIsaiah 40:9

Pray for God to send and sustain believers to go and herald the good news to the lost here.

Quechua, Yanahuanca Pasco Across Countries (ROP3 - 108241) reported in the following countries:

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