The Picuris Pueblo of United States

The Picuris Pueblo of United States, numbering approximately 2,400 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a federally recognized Native American tribe and one of the Eight Northern Pueblos located in northern New MexicoPe'ewi, Pʼįwweltha, Tewa They are an Indigenous people, in the North American Indigenous people cluster of the North American Peoples affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion - Native American religions. They primarily speak Tiwa, Northern.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: American Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: North American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Tiwa, Northern (twf)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion - Native American religions
Population: 2,400
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG043573

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Native American religions
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tiwa, Northern
Language Family: Kiowa-Tanoan

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Next steps for the Picuris Pueblo

The Picuris Pueblo are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

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Next steps for the Picuris Pueblo

The Picuris Pueblo are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Next steps for the Picuris Pueblo

The Picuris Pueblo 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.

Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Picuris Pueblo of United States

Ah, Lord GOD! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.
readJerremiah 32:17

Pray that the God who made the heavens and the earth by the power of His outstretched arm, the One who is able to save those who are lost, will show His great love and mercy to those who are walking in darkness.

Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
readPsalm 67:5

While there are many who do not yet praise God, pray that He will work in their lives, advance the gospel among them, and bring many to saving faith in Christ.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures.
readPsalm 23:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember that the Lord is their shepherd, providing for their every need.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
readJohn 3:16

Pray that God will send and sustain believers to cross cultures and share the gospel with the lost. Ask that He will give them His heart for the lost and that many will believe in Him and not perish but have eternal life.

Pueblo, Picuris (ROP3 - 119633) reported in the following countries:

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