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The Akawaio of Brazil

The Akawaio of Brazil, numbering approximately 1,300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Cariban people who call themselves Kapon, meaning people of the sky, historically prominent as traders across the Pakaraima Mountains and Mazaruni River basin spanning Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Akawaio is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Brazil
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Akawaio (ake)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 1,300
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016877
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Akawaio
Language Family: Cariban

79%
%
Akawaio Speakers

Media Resources in Akawaio:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Akawaio:

Bible Name (Translation) Video Audio Text
2010 Bible Society of Suriname ✓ ✓ ✓

1 entry

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Akawaio 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 Akawaio:
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 Akawaio of Brazil

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
read1 Timothy 6:9

Pray for those, rich and poor, who have put their trust in worldly things, and ask that they will be honest with themselves, acknowledge their need for God and turn to Him.

And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child.
readLuke 2:17

Pray that the lost will receive the good news of salvation in God's Son, have hearts eager to share it with others, and that all who hear will respond with wonder and faith!

He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the LORD has spoken.
readIsaiah 25:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice in the hope of the Lord's coming, when He will swallow up death forever and wipe away their tears.

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!
readPsalm 51:2

Pray that God will raise up believers to go and share the gospel with those in this people group who need to be washed of their iniquity and cleansed from their sins.

Akawaio Across Countries (ROP3 - 100181) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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3 people groups

Photo People Group ID Name Country Population ▼ Strategic Progress Index Language Religion
Akawaio PG016352 Akawaio Guyana 4,800 No Longer Unreached Akawaio Ethnoreligion
Akawaio PG016877 Akawaio Brazil 1,300 No Longer Unreached Akawaio Ethnoreligion
Akawaio PG016454 Akawaio Venezuela 900 Engaged yet Unreached Akawaio Ethnoreligion

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