People group profile · PG017096
The Satere of Brazil
The Satere of Brazil, numbering about 11,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous Amazonian people of Brazil, living primarily in the mid‑Amazon region along the border between the states of Amazonas and Pará.
They are an indigenous people in the South American Indigenous people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Sateré-Mawé.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 11,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Sateré-Mawé (mav)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 30% or Greater but Less than 40%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Pará and Amazonas states: Andirá, and Maués rivers, between lower Tapajós and lower Madeira rivers. More than 14 villages
Where they live
Gospel status
The Satere 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 Satere
- 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
Sateré-Mawé · Tupian family
100% speak Sateré-Mawé
Gospel resources in Sateré-Mawé
- Bible available, published 2017
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Satere-Mawe)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Satere
- 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.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
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