The Corongo Ancash Quechua of Peru

The Corongo Ancash Quechua of Peru, numbering approximately 8,300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic community of Peru They are an Indigenous people, with Quechua / Quichua as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Quechua people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. They mostly adhere to Folk Catholicism and Corongo Ancash Quechua is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: Quechua
Primary Language(s): Corongo Ancash Quechua (qwa)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 8,300
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017527
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

95%
%
Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Corongo Ancash Quechua
Language Family: Quechuan

73%
%
Quechua, Corongo Ancash Speakers

Media Resources in Corongo Ancash Quechua:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Corongo Ancash Quechua:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Corongo Ancash 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.

Next steps for the Corongo Ancash Quechua:
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 Corongo Ancash Quechua of Peru

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 8:1

Pray that God will reassure those who may be struggling with the cost of following Jesus that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
readRomans 5:10

Pray that God will remove obstacles to the gospel so that many will see the hope He offers through the death, burial, and resurrection of His Son, and be transformed from being enemies to being His friends.

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.
readGenesis 50:20

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will forgive those who do them harm and trust God as they walk in His ways.

And Jesus said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men." And immediately they left their nets and followed him.
readMark 1:17-18

Pray that God will raise up believers from this place and/or other cultures nearby to proclaim the gospel to those who desperately need to encounter it.

Quechua, Corongo Ancash Across Countries (ROP3 - 102294) reported in the following countries:

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