People group profile · PG016224
The Carabayo of Colombia
The Carabayo of Colombia, numbering about 225 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an uncontacted Indigenous people of the Colombian Amazon associated with the Puré River region whose isolation has preserved a distinct identity and whose linguistic and ethnic affiliations remain uncertain.
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 Carabayo.
Fast facts
- Country
- Colombia
- Population
- 225
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Carabayo (cby)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC
- No Evangelicals, Churches or Resources
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Amazonas department: halfway between San Bernardo and Pure rivers. At least 3 long houses
Where they live
Gospel status
The Carabayo 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, there are no evangelical Christians or churches among this people group and there is no access to evangelical print, audio, visual or human resources.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Carabayo
- 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
99% adherents
Primary language
Carabayo · Unclassifiable family
76% speak Carabayo
Gospel resources in Carabayo
- 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 Carabayo
- 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.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
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