People group profile · PG016258
The Macuna of Colombia
The Macuna of Colombia, numbering about 325 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous people of the Colombian Amazon centered in the Cahuinarí and Caquetá river regions whose distinct Bora-related identity survived the devastation of the rubber boom and remains rooted in Amazonian clan and maloka traditions.
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 Macuna.
Fast facts
- Country
- Colombia
- Population
- 325
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Macuna (myy)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 15% or Greater but Less than 20%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Vaupés department: Apaporis tributaries, Mirití-Paraná, and lower Pira-Parana
Where they live
Gospel status
The Macuna 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 Macuna
- 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
Macuna · Tucanoan family
100% speak Macuna
Gospel resources in Macuna
- Bible available, published 2014
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- Sociedad Biblica Internacional 1989 · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Macuna
- 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.
Makuna in other countries
The same people (ROP3 105975) is reported in 1 other country.
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