People group profile · PG016296
The Yukpa of Colombia
The Yukpa of Colombia, numbering about 4,200 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an Amerindian group of Karib extraction who are indigenous to the river valleys of northwestern Venezuela and northern 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 Yukpa.
Fast facts
- Country
- Colombia
- Population
- 4,200
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Yukpa (yup)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Cesar department: Augustín Codazzi municipality and municipalities north and south, Colombia-Venezuela border in Serranía de Perijá mountain range. Río Casacará dialect in Agustín Codassi municipality along Casacará river and Caño Iroka. Yukpa sur dialec
Where they live
Gospel status
The Yukpa 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 Yukpa
- 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
Yukpa · Cariban family
76% speak Yukpa
Gospel resources in Yukpa
- Bible available, published 2018
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Yukpa)
Bibles
- 2018 Asociación Civil, Capacitación Lingüística, Antropológica y Alfabetización Nativa (CLAN) · audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Yukpa
- 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.
Yukpa in other countries
The same people (ROP3 111118) is reported in 2 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yukpa | Venezuela | 9,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Yukpa | United States | 900 | No Longer Unreached |
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