People group profile · PG016919
The Kadiweu of Brazil
The Kadiweu of Brazil, numbering about 1,900 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are the last surviving Mbaya people, historically called horsemen Indians for their equestrian raiding culture, recruited by Emperor Dom Pedro II to fight Paraguay in the 1864-70 War of the Triple Alliance and rewarded with Brazil's first Indigenous reserve.
They are an indigenous people in the South American Indigenous people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Kadiwéu.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 1,900
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Kadiwéu (kbc)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 10% or Greater but Less than 15%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Mato Grosso do Sul: Serra da Bodoquena area; 3 villages
Where they live
Gospel status
The Kadiweu 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 Kadiweu
- 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
70% adherents
Primary language
Kadiwéu · Guaicuruan family
100% speak Kadiwéu
Gospel resources in Kadiwéu
- Bible available, published 2012
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Kadiweu)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Kadiweu
- 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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