People group profile · PG016249
The Wanano of Colombia
The Wanano of Colombia, numbering about 1,600 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Eastern Tucanoan Indigenous people of the Vaupés River basin whose communities form part of the multilingual northwest Amazon cultural system and maintain exogamous clan traditions shared across the Colombia-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 Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Guanano.
Fast facts
- Country
- Colombia
- Population
- 1,600
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Guanano (gvc)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Wanano are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Wanano
- 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
Primary language
Guanano · Tucanoan family
20% speak Guanano
Gospel resources in Guanano
- Bible available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 2007 Bible League International · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Wanano
- 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.
- 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.
Wanano, Guanano in other countries
The same people (ROP3 103503) is reported in 1 other country.
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