People group profile · PG016965
The Kayabi of Brazil
The Kayabi of Brazil, numbering about 2,300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Tupi-Guarani people who call themselves Kawaiwete and historically inhabited the Teles Pires, Arinos, and Peixes river region before large-scale migrations brought most communities into the Xingu Indigenous Territory.
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 Kayabí.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 2,300
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Guarani
- Primary language
- Kayabí (kyz)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Mato Grosso: Xingú Park, south Pará; Teles Pires river and Tatui
Where they live
Gospel status
The Kayabi are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Kayabi
- 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
Kayabí · Tupian family
79% speak Kayabí
Gospel resources in Kayabí
- Bible available, published 2012
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Kayabi)
Bibles
- Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc. · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Kayabi
- 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.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
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