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The Piaroa of Colombia

The Piaroa of Colombia, numbering approximately 750 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous people of the middle Orinoco Basin whose communities in Colombia's Vichada and Guaviare regions share a transborder heritage with Piaroa populations in Venezuela and maintain a distinct Saliban cultural tradition. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Piaroa is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Colombia
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Piaroa (pid)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 750
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016271
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

80%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Piaroa
Language Family: Saliban

76%
%
Piaroa Speakers

Media Resources in Piaroa:

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Bible Resources in Piaroa:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Piaroa 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 Piaroa:
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 Piaroa of Colombia

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
readRomans 10:14

Pray that those who haven't heard will hear the Word of Christ and believe in Him, calling upon the name of the Lord to be saved.

O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
readPsalm 104:24

Pray that they will see the wisdom and power of God in His creation and praise Him for His mighty works.

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations.
readDeuteronomy 7:9

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will know God's faithful love and keep His commandments, experiencing His steadfast care.

Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father sends me, even so I am sending you."
readJohn 20:21

Ask God to raise up and send out believers cross-culturally who will go out in His authority and be sustained by His peace as they share the gospel with the lost.

Piaroa Across Countries (ROP3 - 108023) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
PiaroaPG016486PiaroaVenezuela13,500No Longer UnreachedPiaroaAnimism
PiaroaPG016271PiaroaColombia750No Longer UnreachedPiaroaEthnoreligion

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