People group profile · PG016555
The Asurini of the Tocantins of Brazil
The Asurini of the Tocantins of Brazil, numbering about 375 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous people of Brazil, living in the Amazon region in the state of Pará.
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 Tocantins Asurini.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 375
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Guarani
- Primary language
- Tocantins Asurini (asu)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 10% or Greater but Less than 15%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Pará: Trocará near Tucurui; Tocantins river
Where they live
Gospel status
The Asurini of the Tocantins are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Asurini of the Tocantins
- 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
Tocantins Asurini · Tupian family
100% speak Tocantins Asurini
Gospel resources in Tocantins Asurini
- Bible available, published 1979
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings 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 Asurini of the Tocantins
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- 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.
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