People group profile · PG016485
The Piapoco of Venezuela
The Piapoco of Venezuela, numbering about 1,300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Arawakan ethnolingustic group of Colombia and Venezuela.
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 Piapoco.
Fast facts
- Country
- Venezuela
- Population
- 1,300
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Piapoco (pio)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Amazonas state: San Fernando de Atapapo area along the Orinoco
Where they live
Gospel status
The Piapoco are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Piapoco
- 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
Piapoco · Arawakan family
100% speak Piapoco
Gospel resources in Piapoco
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Piapoco)
Bibles
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Piapoco
- 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.
Piapoco in other countries
The same people (ROP3 108022) is reported in 2 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piapoco | Colombia | 4,900 | No Longer Unreached |
| Piapoco | United States | 150 | No Longer Unreached |
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