People group profile · PG017374
The Wichi Vejoz of Argentina
The Wichi Vejoz of Argentina, numbering about 32,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a subgroup of the Wichí, an indigenous ethnic group originating in 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 Wichí Lhamtés Vejoz.
Fast facts
- Country
- Argentina
- Population
- 32,500
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Wichí Lhamtés Vejoz (wlv)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Chaco province: General Güemes department; Formosa province: Bermejo, Matacos, Patiño, Ramón Lista departments; Salta province: Anta, Metán, Orán, Rivadavia, and San Martín departments
Where they live
Gospel status
The Wichi Vejoz are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Wichi Vejoz
- 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
Wichí Lhamtés Vejoz · Mataguayan family
100% speak Wichí Lhamtés Vejoz
Gospel resources in Wichí Lhamtés Vejoz
- Bible available, published 1962
- 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 Wichi Vejoz
- 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.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
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