People group profile · PG017336
The Eklenjuy Chorote of Argentina
The Eklenjuy Chorote of Argentina, numbering about 1,300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a people of Argentina.
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 Iyojwa'ja Chorote.
Fast facts
- Country
- Argentina
- Population
- 1,300
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Iyojwa'ja Chorote (crt)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 20% or Greater but Less than 30%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Salta province: near the Pilcomayo river
Where they live
Gospel status
The Eklenjuy Chorote are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Eklenjuy Chorote
- 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
Iyojwa'ja Chorote · Mataguayan family
75% speak Iyojwa'ja Chorote
Gospel resources in Iyojwa'ja Chorote
- Bible available, published 1997
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- Sociedad Bíblicas Unidas 1997 · video
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Eklenjuy Chorote
- 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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