The Venezuelans of Peru

The Venezuelans of Peru, numbering approximately 1,370,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a predominantly refugee community of Venezuelans fleeing the human rights crisis in Venezuela. They mostly adhere to Folk Catholicism and Spanish is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Venezuelan

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: Hispanic
Primary Language(s): Spanish (spa)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 1,370,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG050401

Pray for the Venezuelans of Peru

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

93%
%
Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Spanish
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Spanish Speakers

Media Resources in Spanish:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

5 films

SPI: No longer Unreached

The Venezuelans 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 Venezuelans:
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 Venezuelans of Peru

Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
readJohn 3:18

Pray for those who are living under the burden of their sin to believe in Jesus, the only Son of God, and receive freedom.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
read1 John 1:5

As mobile phones, radio, and satellite television, and other technologies become more available worldwide, pray for people who are developing digital gospel resources so that others can easily access the gospel.

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
read2 Corinthians 6:14

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and want to marry, they will be led to other believers and enter into godly marriages.

Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.
read3 John 1:2

Ask God to grant protection and good health — both physical and spiritual — to those He sends cross-culturally to share the gospel.

Venezuelan Mestizo Across Countries (ROP3 - 114906) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
All

7 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
VenezuelansVenezuelansVenezuela24,860,000No Longer UnreachedSpanishFolk Catholicism
VenezuelansVenezuelansColombia2,605,000No Longer UnreachedSpanishFolk Catholicism
VenezuelansVenezuelansPeru1,370,000No Longer UnreachedSpanishFolk Catholicism
VenezuelansVenezuelansChile467,000No Longer UnreachedSpanishFolk Catholicism
VenezuelansVenezuelansEcuador459,000No Longer UnreachedSpanishFolk Catholicism
VenezuelansVenezuelansUnited States252,000No Longer UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
VenezuelansVenezuelansCanada28,500No Longer UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism

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