People group profile · PG016279
The Saliba of Colombia
The Saliba of Colombia, numbering about 1,900 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous people of the Orinoco and Meta river plains whose ancestors migrated from the middle Orinoco region and who maintain a distinct Saliban identity across the savannas of eastern Colombia.
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 Sáliba.
Fast facts
- Country
- Colombia
- Population
- 1,900
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Sáliba (slc)
- 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
- Arauca, Casanare, Meta, and Vichadad departments: upstream from confluence of Meta and Casanare rivers
Where they live
Gospel status
The Saliba 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 Saliba
- 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
Sáliba · Saliban family
67% speak Sáliba
Gospel resources in Sáliba
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings 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 Saliba
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- 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.
Saliba in other countries
The same people (ROP3 108551) is reported in 1 other country.
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