People group profile · PG016920
The Kaingang of Brazil
The Kaingang of Brazil, numbering about 33,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are descendants of the ancient southern Je peoples who have inhabited southern Brazil's grasslands and forests for some 3,000 years, building pit houses by 1000 AD, with their last independent groups in Sao Paulo and Parana subdued only in 1912 and 1930.
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 Kaingang.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 33,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Kaingang (kgp)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 20% or Greater but Less than 30%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Paraná: 9 reservations between Paranapena and Iguaçu rivers; Rio Grande do Sul: 5 reservations of southeast dialect south of Uruguay river east of Passo Fundo river; southwest dialect on 7 reservations; east of Passo Fundo river; outskirts of
Where they live
Gospel status
The Kaingang 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 Kaingang
- 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
Kaingang · Nuclear-Macro-Je family
79% speak Kaingang
Gospel resources in Kaingang
- Bible available, published 2011
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Kaingang
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- 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.
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