People group profile · PG016972
The Yanoma of Brazil
The Yanoma of Brazil, numbering about 400 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous Amazonian people of northern Brazil who belong to the broader Yanomami cultural and linguistic family and maintain a forest-based way of life rooted in hunting, horticulture, and complex spiritual traditions.
They are an indigenous people in the Amazon people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Catholicism, and they primarily speak Sanumá.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 400
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Amazon
- Primary language
- Sanumá (xsu)
- Primary religion
- Folk Catholicism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC ?
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Minimally Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Yanoma are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Yanoma
- 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
Folk Catholicism · Christianity
50% adherents
Primary language
Sanumá · Yanomamic family
100% speak Sanumá
Gospel resources in Sanumá
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Sanuma)
Bibles
- Missão Evangélica da Amazônia · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Yanoma
- 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.
- 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.
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