People group profile · PG016571
The Bororo of Brazil
The Bororo of Brazil, numbering about 2,400 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an Indigenous people of Mato Grosso who call themselves Boe, occupying the savannas, forests, and wetlands of central Brazil and renowned for a complex social organization centered on circular villages and ceremonial life.
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 Borôro.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 2,400
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Amazon
- Primary language
- Borôro (bor)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- 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
- Location
- Mato Grosso: Meruri, Sangradouro, Perigera
Where they live
Gospel status
The Bororo 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 Bororo
- 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
80% adherents
Primary language
Borôro · Bororoan family
79% speak Borôro
Gospel resources in Borôro
- Bible available, published 2019
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Bororo)
Bibles
- Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Bororo
- 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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