People group profile · PG017106
The Nambikwara of Brazil
The Nambikwara of Brazil, numbering about 2,300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are one of three groups of Nambiquara, who live in western Mato Grosso and southern Rondonia, Brazil.
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 Southern Nambikuára.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 2,300
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Amazon
- Primary language
- Southern Nambikuára (nab)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 15% or Greater but Less than 20%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Mato Grosso: along Porto Velho-Cuiabá highway. 10 villages
Where they live
Gospel status
The Nambikwara 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 Nambikwara
- 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
60% adherents
Primary language
Southern Nambikuára · Nambiquaran family
100% speak Southern Nambikuára
Gospel resources in Southern Nambikuára
- Bible available, published 2012
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Nambikuara, Southern)
Bibles
- Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Nambikwara
- 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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