The North Bolivian Quechua of Bolivia

The North Bolivian Quechua of Bolivia, numbering approximately 274,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Bolivia and can also be known as North La Paz Quechua. They are an Indigenous people, in the Quechua people cluster of the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion. They primarily speak Quechua, North Bolivian.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: American Peoples
Country: Bolivia
People Cluster: Quechua
Primary Language(s): Quechua, North Bolivian (qul)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 274,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017415

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Quechua, North Bolivian
Language Family: Quechuan

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Quechua, North Bolivian Speakers

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Next steps for the North Bolivian Quechua

The North Bolivian Quechua 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 North Bolivian Quechua

The North Bolivian Quechua 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.

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Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Next steps for the North Bolivian Quechua

The North Bolivian Quechua 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.

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Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the North Bolivian Quechua of Bolivia

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Quechua, North Bolivian (ROP3 - 107398) reported in the following countries:

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