People group profile · PG017280
The Nhandeva Guarani of Paraguay
The Nhandeva Guarani of Paraguay, numbering about 1,900 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Guarani people descended from groups that expanded southward from Brazil's Parana and Guaira regions around 1000 AD, settling southern Paraguay by the seventeenth century and blending Jesuit-era Christian teachings into traditional shamanism.
They are an indigenous people in the South American Indigenous people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Tapieté.
Fast facts
- Country
- Paraguay
- Population
- 1,900
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Tapieté (tpj)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- 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
- Minimally Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Nhandeva Guarani 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 Nhandeva Guarani
- 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
Primary language
Tapieté · Tupian family
77% speak Tapieté
Gospel resources in Tapieté
- Bible available, published 2023
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Nandeva)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Nhandeva Guarani
- 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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