People group profile · PG017061
The Parakanan of Brazil
The Parakanan of Brazil, numbering about 1,400 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous Tupi-Guarani people of the interfluvial forests between the Tocantins, Pacajá, and Xingu rivers in Pará whose history includes a division into eastern and western populations that developed distinct settlement and social traditions.
They are an indigenous people in the Guarani people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Parakanã.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 1,400
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Guarani
- Primary language
- Parakanã (pak)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- 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
- Location
- Pará: lower Xingú river, near São Felix and Altamira towns
Where they live
Gospel status
The Parakanan 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 Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Parakanan
- 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
80% adherents
Primary language
Parakanã · Tupian family
100% speak Parakanã
Gospel resources in Parakanã
- Bible available, published 2014
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories available
Films
- JESUS (Parakana)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Parakanan
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- 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.
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