People group profile · PG017204
The Yanomam of Brazil
The Yanomam of Brazil, numbering about 20,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous people of the northern Amazon whose homeland spans the Brazil–Venezuela border, consisting of several closely related Yanomami-speaking subgroups united by a shared forest-based culture and cosmology.
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 Yanomámi.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 20,500
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Amazon
- Primary language
- Yanomámi (wca)
- 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
- Amazonas: Toototobi post; Roraima: Waicá post, Catrimani and Uraricuera rivers
Where they live
Gospel status
The Yanomam 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 Yanomam
- 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
85% adherents
Primary language
Yanomámi · Yanomamic family
100% speak Yanomámi
Gospel resources in Yanomámi
- Bible available, published 2009
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Yanomam
- 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.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
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