People group profile · PG017112
The Surui of Para of Brazil
The Surui of Para of Brazil, numbering about 325 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Tupi-Guarani people of Para state, also called Aikewara, who fled their homeland after Xikrin attacks and endured influenza and smallpox epidemics in the early 1960s before sustained outside contact began, distinct from the unrelated Surui of Rondonia.
They are an indigenous people in the Guarani people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Suruí Do Pará.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 325
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Guarani
- Primary language
- Suruí Do Pará (mdz)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- 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 ?
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Pará: São João municipality, Araguaia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Surui of Para 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 No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Surui of Para
- 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
69% adherents
Primary language
Suruí Do Pará · Tupian family
100% speak Suruí Do Pará
Gospel resources in Suruí Do Pará
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Surui of Para
- 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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