People group profile · PG016372
The Wapixana of Guyana
The Wapixana of Guyana, numbering about 6,400 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Arawak people of Guyana's southern Rupununi savannas between the Takutu and Kwitaro rivers, driven south from the Rio Branco basin by the Macushi under European pressure before being conscripted to labor at a Portuguese fort by the late 1700s.
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 Wapishana.
Fast facts
- Country
- Guyana
- Population
- 6,400
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Wapishana (wap)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 10% or Greater but Less than 15%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- East Berbice-Corentyne and Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo regions: southwest, south of the Kanuku mountains, a few villages northwest of the Waiwai [waw] language area
Where they live
Gospel status
The Wapixana 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 Wapixana
- 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
Primary language
Wapishana · Arawakan family
58% speak Wapishana
Gospel resources in Wapishana
- Bible available, published 2014
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- Suriname Bible Society, 2012 & Guyana Bible Society, 2012 · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Wapixana
- 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.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
Wapixana in other countries
The same people (ROP3 110682) is reported in 1 other country.
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