People group profile · PG016222
The Cacua of Colombia
The Cacua of Colombia, numbering about 250 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous Kakua-speaking people of the Vaupés region of northwestern Amazonia who are closely related to the Nukak and maintain a distinct clan-based identity rooted in the forest and river systems near the Brazil border.
They are an indigenous people in the South American Indigenous people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Cacua.
Fast facts
- Country
- Colombia
- Population
- 250
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Cacua (cbv)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 50% or Greater but Less than 75%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Vaupés department: Wacará, 30 km east of Mitú
Where they live
Gospel status
The Cacua are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Cacua
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Protestantism · Christianity
60% adherents
Primary language
Cacua · Kakua-Nukak family
88% speak Cacua
Gospel resources in Cacua
- Bible available, published 2008
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 2004 Bible League International · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Cacua
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
Know something we don't? Submit updates to IMB Global Research.