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The Yukpa of United States

The Yukpa of United States, numbering approximately 900 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Amerindian group of Karib extraction who are indigenous to the river valleys of northwestern Venezuela and northern Colombia. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Yukpa is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Yukpa (yup)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 900
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG043187
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

75%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Yukpa
Language Family: Cariban

80%
%
Yukpa Speakers

Media Resources in Yukpa:

Films:
Title Link
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1 film

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Bible Resources in Yukpa:

Bible Name (Translation) Video Audio Text
2018 Asociación Civil, Capacitación Lingüística, Antropológica y Alfabetización Nativa (CLAN) ✓

1 entry

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Or check out the Yukpa bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Yukpa 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 Yukpa:
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 Yukpa of United States

Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming.
readColossians 3:5-6

Pray for God to have mercy and give those who don't yet know Him the gift of Jesus and His salvation for all who call upon His name.

Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness!
readPsalm 150:2

Pray for the gospel to advance among those who are living in darkness. Pray that they will come to know Jesus and praise Him for all that He has done.

And God is able to make all grace about to you, so that having sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
read2 Corinthians 9:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will see that God provides for their needs and be content in His provision so that they may excel in every good work.

And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.
readMark 5:20

Pray that God will bring people who appear beyond hope to faith in Jesus and that they will then go and tell others of the marvelous things He has done.

Yukpa Across Countries (ROP3 - 111118) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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3 people groups

Photo People Group ID Name Country Population ▲ Strategic Progress Index Language Religion
Yukpa PG043187 Yukpa United States 900 No Longer Unreached Yukpa Roman Catholicism
Yukpa PG016296 Yukpa Colombia 4,200 Unengaged and Unreached Yukpa Ethnoreligion
Yukpa PG016463 Yukpa Venezuela 9,000 No Longer Unreached Yukpa Ethnoreligion

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