People group profile · PG017170
The Urubu-Kaapor of Brazil
The Urubu-Kaapor of Brazil, numbering about 1,400 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Brazil, Maranhao, Gurupi River.
They are an indigenous people in the Guarani people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Catholicism, and they primarily speak Urubú-Kaapor.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 1,400
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Guarani
- Primary language
- Urubú-Kaapor (urb)
- Primary religion
- Folk Catholicism
- 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
- Maranhão and Pará states: 8–10 villages scattered over 7,250 square km; Gurupi river
Where they live
Gospel status
The Urubu-Kaapor 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 Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Urubu-Kaapor
- 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
Folk Catholicism · Christianity
64% adherents
Primary language
Urubú-Kaapor · Tupian family
100% speak Urubú-Kaapor
Gospel resources in Urubú-Kaapor
- Bible available, published 2012
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Urubu-Kaapor)
Bibles
- 2012 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Urubu-Kaapor
- 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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