People group profile · PG016506
The Warao of Venezuela
The Warao of Venezuela, numbering about 33,000 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 Animism, and they primarily speak Warao.
Fast facts
- Country
- Venezuela
- Population
- 33,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Warao (wba)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- 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
- Delta Amacuro, Monagas, and Sucre states: Orinoco river delta
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 2% 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
Gospel resources in Warao
- Bible available, published 2017
- 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 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.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
Warao in other countries
The same people (ROP3 110685) is reported in 1 other country.
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