People group profile · PG016542
The Acre Arara of Brazil
The Acre Arara of Brazil, numbering about 375 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an Indigenous Pano people of Acre’s upper Juruá region who identify as Shawãdawa and maintain a distinct cultural heritage while revitalizing their language, traditions, and territorial rights after the disruptions of the rubber era.
They are an indigenous people in the Amazon people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Sharanahua.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 375
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Amazon
- Primary language
- Sharanahua (mcd)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Acre Arara are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. 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 Acre Arara
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
80% adherents
Primary language
Sharanahua · Pano-Tacanan family
100% speak Sharanahua
Gospel resources in Sharanahua
- Bible available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 2008, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Acre Arara
- 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.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
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