People group profile · PG017282
The Toba-Maskoy of Paraguay
The Toba-Maskoy of Paraguay, numbering about 550 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Maskoy people of the Paraguayan Chaco whose Toba ancestors migrated from Argentina around 1870 fleeing persecution to settle Alto Paraguay, later suffering land loss and smallpox epidemics alongside neighboring peoples during the 1932-35 Chaco War era.
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 Toba-Maskoy.
Fast facts
- Country
- Paraguay
- Population
- 550
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Toba-Maskoy (tmf)
- 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
- Location
- Alto Paraguay, Concepción, and Presidente Hayes departments
Where they live
Gospel status
The Toba-Maskoy 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 No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Toba-Maskoy
- 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
Toba-Maskoy · Lengua-Mascoy family
77% speak Toba-Maskoy
Gospel resources in Toba-Maskoy
- Bible available, published -
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Toba-Maskoy)
Bibles
- LETRA Paraguay · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Toba-Maskoy
- 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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