People group profile · PG016931
The Kamayura of Brazil
The Kamayura of Brazil, numbering about 750 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Indigenous people of Brazil, part of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family, living in the Upper Xingu region of the Amazon basin, within the Xingu Indigenous Park in Mato Grosso.
They are an indigenous people in the Guarani people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Kamayurá.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 750
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Guarani
- Primary language
- Kamayurá (kay)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Pioneer Unreached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Mato Grosso: Xingú park
Where they live
Gospel status
The Kamayura are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. 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 Kamayura
- Continue prayer and fasting for this group
- Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
- Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people
Primary religion
95% adherents
Primary language
Kamayurá · Tupian family
100% speak Kamayurá
Gospel resources in Kamayurá
- Bible available, published 2020
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- Alem Version · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Kamayura
- 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.
- 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.
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