People group profile · PG016887
The Itogapuk of Brazil
The Itogapuk of Brazil, numbering about 100 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Tupian people of Rondonia's Lourdes Stream Indigenous Land, known as Karo or macaw in their own tongue, whose 1940s contact with outsiders brought epidemics that killed many before survivors were relocated to rubber plantations.
They are an indigenous people in the South American Indigenous people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Karo (Brazil).
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 100
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Karo (Brazil) (arr)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Mato Grosso and Rondônia states: south Terra Indígena Igarapé de Lourdes; Iterap and Paygap villages
Where they live
Gospel status
The Itogapuk 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 No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Itogapuk
- 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
80% adherents
Primary language
Karo (Brazil) · Tupian family
100% speak Karo (Brazil)
Gospel resources in Karo (Brazil)
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings 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 Itogapuk
- 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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