The Patamona of Guyana

The Patamona of Guyana, numbering approximately 5,300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Pakaraima Mountains people who call themselves Kapon, meaning people of the sky, not contacted until the early 19th century, whose sacred Kaieteur Falls is tied to the legend of chief Old Kaie sacrificing himself to appease the great spirit Makonaima. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Patamona is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Guyana
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Patamona (pbc)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 5,300
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016367
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Patamona
Language Family: Cariban

58%
%
Patamona Speakers

Media Resources in Patamona:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Patamona:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2011 Bible Society of Suriname✓✓✓

1 entry

Or check out the Patamona bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Patamona 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 Patamona:
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 Patamona of Guyana

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
readPsalm 51:1

Give thanks to God that He is able to forgive all the sins people might commit, and pray that many who don't yet know this will hear the good news and turn to Him for mercy.

And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.
readActs 6:7

Pray that the Word of God will be increasingly available to these people in ways they will resonate with so that all may have a chance to respond to the good news of Jesus Christ.

The LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you.
readNumbers 6:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember that He has given them His favor and His presence.

So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God who has mercy.
readRomans 9:16

Ask God to raise up people who will trust in His sovereignty as they share the gospel, knowing that it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God who has mercy.

Patamona Across Countries (ROP3 - 107920) reported in the following countries:

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