People group profile · PG016559
The Ava-Canoeiro of Brazil
The Ava-Canoeiro of Brazil, numbering about 70 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an Amazonian people of Goias and Tocantins in Brazil, descended from Carijo relocated from Sao Paulo in the 1720s, who fiercely resisted colonial contact for centuries and now survive only in a tiny remnant population from interethnic marriages.
They are an indigenous people in the Guarani people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Avá-Canoeiro.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 70
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Guarani
- Primary language
- Avá-Canoeiro (avv)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- No Evangelicals, Churches or Resources
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Goiás: Terra Indigena Ava-Canoeiro; Tocantins: Bananal island, upper Tocantins river valley
Where they live
Gospel status
The Ava-Canoeiro 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, there are no evangelical Christians or churches among this people group and there is no access to evangelical print, audio, visual or human resources.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Ava-Canoeiro
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
90% adherents
Primary language
Avá-Canoeiro · Tupian family
100% speak Avá-Canoeiro
Gospel resources in Avá-Canoeiro
- 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 Ava-Canoeiro
- 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.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
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