People group profile · PG016260
The Minica of Colombia
The Minica of Colombia, numbering about 2,400 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous Minica-Huitoto people of the Colombian Amazon whose communities are centered along the Igara-Paraná, Caquetá, and Caguán river systems and who form part of the broader Witoto cultural and linguistic tradition.
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 Minica Huitoto.
Fast facts
- Country
- Colombia
- Population
- 2,400
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Minica Huitoto (hto)
- 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
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Amazonas and Caquetá departments: Putumayo River basin, along the Igaraparaná River (22 communities, of which the most populated is La Chorrera); Putumayo department: Leguizamo minicipality
Where they live
Gospel status
The Minica 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 No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Minica
- 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
Minica Huitoto · Huitotoan family
63% speak Minica Huitoto
Gospel resources in Minica Huitoto
- Bible available, published 2011
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 1985 Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc. · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Minica
- 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.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
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