People group profile · PG016541
The Para Arara of Brazil
The Para Arara of Brazil, numbering about 475 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are n Indigenous people living in the state of Pará, Brazil, along the Xingu and Iriri river regions.
They are an indigenous people in the Amazon people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Pará Arára.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 475
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Amazon
- Primary language
- Pará Arára (aap)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Also known as
- Arara do Pará, Ukarãngmã, Para Arara
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Pará: Laranjal and Cachoeira Seca
Where they live
Gospel status
The Para Arara are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Para Arara
- Continue prayer and fasting for this group
- Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
- Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people
Primary religion
Animism · Ethnoreligion
70% adherents
Primary language
Pará Arára · Cariban family
75% speak Pará Arára
Gospel resources in Pará Arára
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Para Arara
- 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.
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