People group profile · PG016250
The Nukak Makú of Colombia
The Nukak Makú of Colombia, numbering about 800 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Colombia.
They are an indigenous people in the Amazon people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Nukak Makú.
Fast facts
- Country
- Colombia
- Population
- 800
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Amazon
- Primary language
- Nukak Makú (mbr)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 20% or Greater but Less than 30%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Jungle region between Guaviare and Inírida rivers, up to Mapiripan. Near Charco Caimán
Where they live
Gospel status
The Nukak Makú 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 Nukak Makú
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
98% adherents
Primary language
Nukak Makú · Kakua-Nukak family
100% speak Nukak Makú
Gospel resources in Nukak Makú
- 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 Nukak Makú
- 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.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
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