People group profile · PG016548
The Arawete of Brazil
The Arawete of Brazil, numbering about 475 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an Amazonian Tupi-Guarani people of the middle Xingu River in Brazil's Para state, contacted only in 1976 after violent conflict with the neighboring Parakana, whose cosmology envisions the dead transformed and consumed by the gods.
They are an indigenous people in the Guarani people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Araweté.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 475
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Guarani
- Primary language
- Araweté (awt)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Pioneer Unreached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Pará: near Altamira; near Xingu river
Where they live
Gospel status
The Arawete 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 No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Arawete
- 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
Primary language
Araweté · Tupian family
100% speak Araweté
Gospel resources in Araweté
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Arawete
- 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.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
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