People group profile · PG016293
The Yagua of Colombia
The Yagua of Colombia, numbering about 1,100 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an Indigenous people of the northwestern Amazon whose communities inhabit the rivers of southern Colombia and northeastern Peru and who maintain a distinct Peba-Yaguan heritage rooted in rainforest agriculture, fishing, and clan organization.
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 Yagua.
Fast facts
- Country
- Colombia
- Population
- 1,100
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Yagua (yad)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Pioneer Unreached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Yagua 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 Yagua
- 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
95% adherents
Primary language
Yagua · Peba-Yagua family
30% speak Yagua
Gospel resources in Yagua
- Bible available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 1994 The Bible League · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Yagua
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- 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.
Yagua in other countries
The same people (ROP3 110919) is reported in 1 other country.
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