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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Asheninca Ucayali-Yurua of Peru

The Asheninca Ucayali-Yurua of Peru, numbering approximately 7,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an indigenous community of PeruKampa They are an Indigenous people, in the Amazon people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion. They primarily speak Ashéninka, Ucayali-Yurúa.

Asheninca Ucayali-Yurua in Peru photo
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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: American Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: Amazon
Primary Language(s): Ashéninka, Ucayali-Yurúa (cpb)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 7,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity
People Group ID: PG017600
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ashéninka, Ucayali-Yurúa
Language Family: Arawakan

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Ashéninka, Ucayali-Yurúa Speakers

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Next steps for the Asheninca Ucayali-Yurua

The Asheninca Ucayali-Yurua 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 Asheninca Ucayali-Yurua

The Asheninca Ucayali-Yurua 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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Next steps for the Asheninca Ucayali-Yurua

The Asheninca Ucayali-Yurua 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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And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
readActs 4:12

Pray that those walking in darkness among them will come to know the name by which they must be saved, and call upon Him in faith.

Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
readPsalm 47:6

Pray that believers will have a heart to invite others to trust in Christ alone so that they might sing praises to His name.

But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
readHebrews 10:39

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, and faithfully follow God, they will share Christ boldly with those around them. 

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked. But others said, “We will hear you again about this.”
readActs 17:32

Ask God to give those He sends to cross cultures wisdom and discernment as they engage in spiritual conversations with those who are curious about the gospel.

Asheninca Ucayali-Yurua (ROP3 - 110353) reported in the following countries:

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