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

And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
readMatthew 6:7-8

Pray that those who don't have a relationship with their Creator will come to know a God who hears their every need, freeing them from empty rituals and drawing them into a real, trusting relationship with Him.

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
readLuke 13:3

Pray that the lost will repent and believe the gospel, for without it, they will perish.

"...I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
readMatthew 16:18b

Pray that God will build and grow His Church among this people.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
readPsalm 23:6

Ask God to raise up believers who will share the hope that, for those who trust in Christ, goodness and love will follow them all the days of their lives, and they will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

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

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