People group profile · PG016221
The Cabiyari of Colombia
The Cabiyari of Colombia, numbering about 350 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an Eastern Tucanoan Indigenous people of the Apaporis and Cananarí river regions of the Colombian Amazon whose identity is rooted in exogamous clan traditions, multilingual regional networks, and a shared northwest Amazon cultural heritage.
They are an indigenous people in the South American Indigenous people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Cabiyarí.
Fast facts
- Country
- Colombia
- Population
- 350
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Cabiyarí (cbb)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Amazonas and Vaupés departments: Cananarí river area, tributary of the Apaporis and Vaupés
Where they live
Gospel status
The Cabiyari are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Cabiyari
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
Animism · Ethnoreligion
98% adherents
Primary language
Cabiyarí · Arawakan family
85% speak Cabiyarí
Gospel resources in Cabiyarí
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Cabiyari
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
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