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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Kuripako of Colombia

The Kuripako of Colombia, numbering approximately 4,300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous group that primarily resides in the Amazon rainforest, specifically in the border regions of Colombia and Venezuela and can also be known as Curripaco, Kurripako, Curipaco, Korispaso, Kurripaco, Koripako, Coripaco, Curripaco, Kuripaco, Curripaco. They are an Indigenous people, in the Amazon people cluster of the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Christianity - Folk Catholicism. They primarily speak Curripaco.

Kuripako in United States photo
Photo courtesy of Joshua Project. Photo Source: Noemia Kazue Ishikawa - Wikimedia Noemia Kazue Ishikawa - Wikimedia Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: American Peoples
Country: Colombia
People Cluster: Amazon
Primary Language(s): Curripaco (kpc)
Primary Religion(s): Christianity - Folk Catholicism
Population: 4,300
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016244

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Christianity - Folk Catho… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Curripaco
Language Family: Maipurean

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Curripaco Speakers

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Next steps for the Kuripako

The Kuripako 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 Kuripako

The Kuripako 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 Kuripako

The Kuripako 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 Kuripako of Colombia

I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, 'I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,' and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.
readPsalm 32:5

Pray those who are lost will realize their sin, confess their iniquity, and grow in their understanding of salvation through faith in Christ alone.

Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!
readPsalm 96:3

Pray for people to hear and believe the good news of Jesus and joyfully share it with their family and friends.

But you said, "I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude."
readGenesis 32:12

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will experience God's presence and protection even in difficult circumstances, knowing that He will make them fruitful.

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.
readLuke 10:1

Ask God to raise up, send out, and sustain Christians who can go together to share the good news of Jesus with those who need it.

Kuripako reported in the following countries (ROP3):

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