People group profile · PG016373
The Warao of Guyana
The Warao of Guyana, numbering about 5,300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous Amerindian people inhabiting northeastern Venezuela, Trinidata and Tobago, Guyana, and Suriname.
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 Warao.
Fast facts
- Country
- Guyana
- Population
- 5,300
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Warao (wba)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 15% or Greater but Less than 20%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Warao 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 Warao
- 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
100% speak Warao
Gospel resources in Warao
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Warao)
Bibles
- 2004 Bibles International · video, audio, text
- 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 Warao
- 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.
Warao in other countries
The same people is also reported in 1 other country.
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