People group profile · PG016280
The Siriano of Colombia
The Siriano of Colombia, numbering about 650 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an Eastern Tucanoan Indigenous people of the Vaupés region of the northwestern Amazon whose identity is shaped by river-based lifeways, linguistic exogamy, and longstanding cultural ties with neighboring Tucanoan communities.
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 Siriano.
Fast facts
- Country
- Colombia
- Population
- 650
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Siriano (sri)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Vaupés department: 3 separate areas near Vaupes river, south and west of Mitu town
Where they live
Gospel status
The Siriano are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Siriano
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
Primary language
Siriano · Tucanoan family
76% speak Siriano
Gospel resources in Siriano
- Bible available, published 2009
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 2009 Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc. · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Siriano
- 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.
- 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.
Siriano in other countries
The same people (ROP3 109330) is reported in 1 other country.
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