People group profile · PG017129
The Ticuna of Brazil
The Ticuna of Brazil, numbering about 50,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are the most populous Indigenous people of Brazilian Amazonia, present for at least 2,000 years before European arrival, expanding after neighboring Omagua and Mayoruna populations were decimated by wars and epidemics, then relocated during the rubber boom.
They are an indigenous people in the South American Indigenous people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Ticuna.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 50,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Ticuna (tca)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC ?
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Amazonas: upper Solimões river area, more than 20 indigenous islands
Where they live
Gospel status
The Ticuna are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Ticuna
- 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
Ticuna · Ticuna-Yuri family
100% speak Ticuna
Gospel resources in Ticuna
- Bible available, published 2022
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 1986 Bible League International · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Ticuna
- 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.
- 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.
Ticuna in other countries
The same people is also reported in 2 other countries.
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