People group profile · PG017022
The Miranha of Brazil
The Miranha of Brazil, numbering about 850 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Boran-language people, closely related to and often considered a Bora subgroup, first documented in 1768 along Brazil's Solimoes River wearing facial paint and tapir-hide shields, later devastated by forced labor during the Putumayo rubber boom.
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 Portuguese.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 850
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Amazon
- Primary language
- Portuguese (por)
- 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
- five indigenous territories on the middle Solimões river
Where they live
Gospel status
The Miranha 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 Miranha
- 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
91% adherents
Primary language
Portuguese · Indo-European family
100% speak Portuguese
Gospel resources in Portuguese
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Portuguese, Brazil)
- JESUS (Portuguese, Portugal)
- Magdalena (Portuguese, Brazil)
- Magdalena (Portuguese, Portugal)
- The Savior (Portuguese, Brazil)
Bibles
- 2014 Bible League International · text
- Almeida Corrigida Fiel (ACF) · text
- Almeida Revista e Atualizada · audio
- Almeida Revista e Corrigida · audio
- João Ferreira de Almeida Atualizada · text
- Nova Traducao na Linguagem de Hoje · video, audio
- Tradução Interconfessional - a BÍBLIA para todos · audio, text
- Tradução de João Ferreira de Almeida · text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Miranha
- 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.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
Miranha in other countries
The same people is also reported in 2 other countries.
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