People group profile · PG017026
The Munduruku of Brazil
The Munduruku of Brazil, numbering about 11,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a language of Brazil, Para, Amazonas, middle and upper Tapajos and middle Madeira rivers.
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 Mundurukú.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 11,500
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Amazon
- Primary language
- Mundurukú (myu)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 10% or Greater but Less than 15%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Amazonas, Mato Grosso, and Pará states; middle Madeira, and middle and upper Tapajós rivers; 22 villages
Where they live
Gospel status
The Munduruku are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Munduruku
- 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
Mundurukú · Tupian family
79% speak Mundurukú
Gospel resources in Mundurukú
- Bible available, published 2010
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Munduruku)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Munduruku
- 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.
- 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.
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