People group profile · PG017183
The Waura of Brazil
The Waura of Brazil, numbering about 400 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an Arawakan people of Mato Grosso's Upper Xingu region likely descended from groups that arrived around the ninth or tenth century, renowned for pottery, basketry, and feather artwork and valued regionally as diplomats mediating disputes among neighbors.
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 Waurá.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 400
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Waurá (wau)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Mato Grosso: Xingú Park
Where they live
Gospel status
The Waura 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 Waura
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
80% adherents
Primary language
Waurá · Arawakan family
100% speak Waurá
Gospel resources in Waurá
- Bible available, published 2008
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Waura)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Waura
- 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.
- 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.
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