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The Yagua of Peru

The Yagua of Peru, numbering approximately 5,700 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Peba-Yaguan people of the Amazon, Napo, Putumayo, and Yavari river basins whose Jesuit mission settlements collapsed by 1768 amid disease and Portuguese slave raids, later suffering renewed devastation during the 1880-1914 Amazon rubber boom. They mostly adhere to Animism and Yagua is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Yagua

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Yagua (yad)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 5,700
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017602
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

85%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Yagua
Language Family: Peba-Yagua

88%
%
Yagua Speakers

Media Resources in Yagua:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Yagua:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1994 The Bible League✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Yagua bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Yagua 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 Yagua:
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 Yagua of Peru

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
readMatthew 11:28

Pray for those who are tired, weary, and burdened by the weight of sin to encounter Jesus and experience the rest that only He can give.

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
readRomans 5:1

Pray that the gospel will advance and that many who are far from God will receive the good news of salvation with joy and have peace with God through faith in His Son Jesus Christ.

For you had compassion on those in prison, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.
readHebrews 10:34

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have compassion for those in prison, sympathize with those who are mistreated, and continue to do good and share the gospel with others.

And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town. Truly, I say to you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.
readMatthew 10:14-15

Pray for God to raise up and send out believers to share the gospel with those in this people group who do not yet follow Christ. Pray that they will be welcomed with open arms so that the people they share with will hear and receive the good news with joy.

Yagua Across Countries (ROP3 - 110919) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
YaguaPG016293YaguaColombia1,100Unengaged and UnreachedYaguaEthnoreligion
YaguaPG017602YaguaPeru5,700No Longer UnreachedYaguaAnimism

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