The Havasupai of United States

The Havasupai of United States, numbering approximately 425 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a federally recognized Native American tribe based in the state of Arizona; officially the Havasupai Tribe of the Havasupai Reservation. They mostly adhere to Native American religions and Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: North American Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: North American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai (yuf)
Primary Religion(s): Native American religions
Population: 425
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG050488

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Native American religions
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Native American religions Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai
Language Family: Cochimi-Yuman

75%
%
Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai Speakers

Media Resources in Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Havasupai 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 Havasupai:
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 Havasupai of United States

Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.
readMark 10:15

Pray for those who might be trapped in pride, that God will humble them and give them a childlike faith and complete dependence on Him through faith in Christ.

Moses said, "Please show me your glory." And he said, "I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name 'The LORD.' And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy."
readExodus 33:18-19

Pray that many will come to know the glory of God, which is revealed in Jesus Christ, and that they will rejoice in the mercy He offers them.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all 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 trust God in all things, especially in times of persecution.

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe."
readJohn 6:35-36

Praise God for the things such as bread that He has provided as natural conversation bridges to the gospel. Pray that believers will use any bridges He provides to share the gospel with those who do not yet know the good news.

Havasupai Across Countries (ROP3 - 119486) reported in the following countries:

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