People group profile · PG016282
The Tado of Colombia
The Tado of Colombia, numbering about 1,200 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Chocoan-speaking Emberá subgroup of northwestern Colombia whose communities are part of the broader Emberá cultural tradition while maintaining a distinct Tadó variety and regional identity.
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 Emberá-Tadó.
Fast facts
- Country
- Colombia
- Population
- 1,200
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Emberá-Tadó (tdc)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC ?
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Minimally Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Chocó department: Tadó municipality
Where they live
Gospel status
The Tado are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Tado
- 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
60% adherents
Primary language
Emberá-Tadó · Chocoan family
76% speak Emberá-Tadó
Gospel resources in Emberá-Tadó
- Bible available, published 2021
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Tado
- 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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