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The Sharanahua of Peru

The Sharanahua of Peru, numbering approximately 500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Amazonian people of the upper Purus River whose name means Good People, intermarried with the related Mastanawa, Chandinahua, and Jaminawa into a single Panoan-speaking cultural cluster. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Sharanahua is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Sharanahua (mcd)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017590
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Pray for the Sharanahua of Peru

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Sharanahua
Language Family: Pano-Tacanan

100%
%
Sharanahua Speakers

Media Resources in Sharanahua:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Sharanahua:

Bible Name (Translation) Video Audio Text
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1 entry

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Sharanahua 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 Sharanahua:
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 Sharanahua of Peru

For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption.
readPsalm 130:7b

Pray for those who are unaware of God's steadfast love that is offered to them through Jesus Christ to learn the truth and experience His plentiful redemption.

And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
read1 John 4:21

Pray that the good news of God's love will reach everyone in this people group, and that His love will compel them to love others as Christ has loved us.

Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints.
readEphesians 6:18

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be alert and persistent in prayer for all believers, offering their requests with thanksgiving.

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.
readLuke 10:1

Ask God to raise up, send out, and sustain Christians who can go together to share the good news of Jesus with those who need it.

Sharanahua Across Countries (ROP3 - 108915) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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2 people groups

Photo People Group ID Name Country Population ▲ Strategic Progress Index Language Religion
Sharanahua PG017099 Sharanahua Brazil 500 Unengaged and Unreached Sharanahua Ethnoreligion
Sharanahua PG017590 Sharanahua Peru 500 No Longer Unreached Sharanahua Ethnoreligion

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