People group profile · PG017030
The Nadeb of Brazil
The Nadeb of Brazil, numbering about 600 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous people of the Brazilian Amazon, residing mainly along the Uneiuxi, Japurá, and Negro rivers in the state of Amazonas.
They are an indigenous people in the Amazon people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Nadëb.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 600
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Amazon
- Primary language
- Nadëb (mbj)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- 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
- Amazonas: 3 locations on Uneiuxi river: a tributary of Negro river, Japurá and Negro rivers
Where they live
Gospel status
The Nadeb 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 Nadeb
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
70% adherents
Primary language
Nadëb · Naduhup family
100% speak Nadëb
Gospel resources in Nadëb
- Bible available, published 2012
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 2011 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Nadeb
- 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.
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