People group profile · PG017015
The Matses of Brazil
The Matses of Brazil, numbering about 1,600 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous people of the Amazon basin, living primarily along the Javari River region on the border between Peru and Brazil.
They are an indigenous people in the Amazon people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Matsés.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 1,600
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Amazon
- Primary language
- Matsés (mcf)
- 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
- Also known as
- Mayoruna
- Region
- South America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Matses 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 Matses
- 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
86% adherents
Primary language
Matsés · Pano-Tacanan family
100% speak Matsés
Gospel resources in Matsés
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Matses)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Matses
- 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.
Matses in other countries
The same people (ROP3 106444) is reported in 1 other country.
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