People group profile · PG016371
The Waiwai of Guyana
The Waiwai of Guyana, numbering about 250 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Cariban people whose ancestral homeland was Brazil's Mapuera River basin, migrating north to Guyana's Acarai Mountains by 1837 under pressure from Portuguese missionaries, a composite of six smaller groups including the Shereo, Parukoto, and Taruma.
They are an indigenous people in the South American Indigenous people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Waiwai.
Fast facts
- Country
- Guyana
- Population
- 250
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Waiwai (waw)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 75% or Greater
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Waiwai are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Waiwai
- 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
Protestantism · Christianity
79% adherents
Primary language
Waiwai · Cariban family
100% speak Waiwai
Gospel resources in Waiwai
- Bible available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 2001 UFM International · audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Waiwai
- 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.
- 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.
Wai-Wai in other countries
The same people (ROP3 110631) is reported in 1 other country.
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