People group profile · PG016565
The Baniwa of Brazil
The Baniwa of Brazil, numbering about 5,900 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous people living in the Amazon region, primarily along the borders of Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela.
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 Baniwa.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 5,900
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Amazon
- Primary language
- Baniwa (bwi)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 20% or Greater but Less than 30%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Amazonas state: Middle Içana river
Where they live
Gospel status
The Baniwa 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 Baniwa
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
75% adherents
Primary language
Baniwa · Arawakan family
100% speak Baniwa
Gospel resources in Baniwa
- Bible available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings 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 Baniwa
- 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.
Baniwa in other countries
The same people (ROP3 100999) is reported in 1 other country.
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