The Ashéninka Bajo Pichis of Peru

The Ashéninka Bajo Pichis of Peru, numbering approximately 5,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an Indigenous Amazonian people of central Peru, part of the broader Ashaninka–Ashéninka ethnolinguistic complex. They live primarily along the lower Pichis River (Bajo Pichis) and its tributaries in Peru’s central jungle. They mostly adhere to Animism and Pichis Ashéninka is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Asheninka Bajo Pichis

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: Amazon
Primary Language(s): Pichis Ashéninka (cpu)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 5,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG050213

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Pichis Ashéninka
Language Family: Arawakan

73%
%
Ashéninka, Pichis Speakers

Media Resources in Pichis Ashéninka:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

Bible Resources in Pichis Ashéninka:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

Or check out the Pichis Ashéninka bible at Bible.com

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Explore Lostness and Next Steps

Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), 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.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Expanding Unreached People Group, (LPI: 2), 0.5% or Greater but Less than 2% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

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And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
readMatthew 6:16

Pray that those who live to please men and not God will turn from the emptiness of seeking approval from others and find true satisfaction in the treasure of a personal relationship with God.

Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts!
readPsalm 96:8

Pray for people here to humbly give God the glory due His name.

But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
readHebrews 10:39

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, and faithfully follow God, they will share Christ boldly with those around them.

Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together!
readPsalm 34:3

Pray that God will raise up believers who will go to those in this people group who do not yet follow Jesus, and that they will invite many to magnify the Lord with them so that His fame will spread to the ends of the earth.

Ashéninka Bajo Pichis Across Countries (ROP3 - 119322) reported in the following countries:

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