People group profile · PG017356
The Pilaga of Argentina
The Pilaga of Argentina, numbering about 4,800 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Guaycuru people of Argentina's Formosa province in the Gran Chaco, pushed into the Pilcomayo-Paraguay river marshlands by Spanish military pressure in the late 1700s after resisting conquest for centuries.
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 Pilagá.
Fast facts
- Country
- Argentina
- Population
- 4,800
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Pilagá (plg)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 40% or Greater but Less than 50%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Chaco province; Formosa province: Bermejo and Pilcomayo river valleys; Salta province
Where they live
Gospel status
The Pilaga 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 Pilaga
- 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
Pilagá · Guaicuruan family
76% speak Pilagá
Gospel resources in Pilagá
- Bible available, published 1993
- 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 Pilaga
- 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.
Pilaga in other countries
The same people (ROP3 108030) is reported in 1 other country.
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