People group profile · PG016871
The Hixkariana of Brazil
The Hixkariana of Brazil, numbering about 850 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Brazil, Amazonas, upper Nhamunda River to Mapuera and Jatapu rivers.
They are an indigenous people in the Amazon people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Hixkaryána.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 850
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Amazon
- Primary language
- Hixkaryána (hix)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 30% or Greater but Less than 40%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Pará and Amazonas states: upper Nhamunda river to Mapuera and Jatapu rivers
Where they live
Gospel status
The Hixkariana 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 Hixkariana
- 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
Hixkaryána · Cariban family
100% speak Hixkaryána
Gospel resources in Hixkaryána
- Bible available, published 2010
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Hixkaryana)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Hixkariana
- 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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