People group profile · PG016818
The Kuripako of Brazil
The Kuripako of Brazil, numbering about 1,600 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous group that primarily resides in the Amazon rainforest, specifically in the border regions of 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 Curripaco.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 1,600
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Amazon
- Primary language
- Curripaco (kpc)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Amazonas: Içana
Where they live
Gospel status
The Kuripako are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Kuripako
- 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
90% adherents
Primary language
Curripaco · Arawakan family
100% speak Curripaco
Gospel resources in Curripaco
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories available
Films
- JESUS (Curripaco)
Bibles
- 2018 Asociación Civil, Capacitación Lingüística, Antropológica y Alfabetización Nativa (CLAN) · audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Kuripako
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- 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.
Kuripako in other countries
The same people (ROP3 102336) is reported in 3 other countries.
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