People group profile · PG017402
The Ese Ejja of Bolivia
The Ese Ejja of Bolivia, numbering about 850 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous people of the southwestern Amazon, living in Bolivia and Peru.
They are an indigenous people in the Amazon people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Ese Ejja.
Fast facts
- Country
- Bolivia
- Population
- 850
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Amazon
- Primary language
- Ese Ejja (ese)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- 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
- they inhabit the river systems of the Beni, Madre de Dios, Tambopata, and Heath Rivers
Where they live
Gospel status
The Ese Ejja 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 Ese Ejja
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
60% adherents
Primary language
Ese Ejja · Pano-Tacanan family
70% speak Ese Ejja
Gospel resources in Ese Ejja
- Bible available, published 2012
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Ese Ejja)
Bibles
- 2006 New Tribes Bolivia · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Ese Ejja
- 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.
Ese Ejja in other countries
The same people (ROP3 102948) is reported in 1 other country.
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