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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Toba of Paraguay

The Toba of Paraguay, numbering approximately 1,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous community of South America, native to Argentina, Paraguay, and Bolivia. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Toba is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Paraguay
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Toba (tob)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 1,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017283
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Toba
Language Family: Guaicuruan

76%
%
Toba Speakers

Media Resources in Toba:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Toba:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2012 Sociedad Bíblica de Argentina✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Toba bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Toba 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 Toba:
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 Toba of Paraguay

For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or?rulers?or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
readColossians 1:16

Pray for those who are lost among them, that they will come to know the One who created all things and holds all things together.

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
readPsalm 1:1-2

Pray that God will call out many sons and daughters from among them and give them a deep love for His Word.

More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
readRomans 5:11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice in what God has done for them and will help others know how they can also be reconciled to God.

Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
readIsaiah 58:7

As believers cross cultures to share the good news of Christ, pray that God will sustain them and grow their faith as He gives them the compassion necessary to minister well to those in need.

Toba Across Countries (ROP3 - 110108) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
TobaPG017371TobaArgentina77,500No Longer UnreachedTobaEthnoreligion
TobaPG017283TobaParaguay1,500No Longer UnreachedTobaEthnoreligion
TobaPG017427TobaBolivia225No Longer UnreachedTobaEthnoreligion

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