People group profile · PG017099
The Sharanahua of Brazil
The Sharanahua of Brazil, numbering about 500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Panoan-speaking Amazonian people who fled a Peruvian attack from the upper Rio Tarauaca to the Rio Curanja around 1935, later intermarrying with the Mastanawa, Chandinahua, and Jaminawa and only adopting canoes and fishing nets in the 1960s.
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 Sharanahua.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 500
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Sharanahua (mcd)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Pioneer Unreached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Sharanahua are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Sharanahua
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
Primary language
Sharanahua · Pano-Tacanan family
100% speak Sharanahua
Gospel resources in Sharanahua
- Bible available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 2008, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Sharanahua
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- 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.
Sharanahua in other countries
The same people is also reported in 1 other country.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharanahua | Peru | 500 | No Longer Unreached |
Know something we don't? Submit updates to IMB Global Research.