People group profile · PG017406
The Ignaciano of Bolivia
The Ignaciano of Bolivia, numbering about 21,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Mojeno people whose distinct identity emerged through ethnogenesis at the Jesuit mission of San Ignacio de Moxos, founded in 1689 on Bolivia's Llanos de Mojos plains along the Mamore River in Beni department.
They are an indigenous people in the South American Indigenous people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Catholicism, and they primarily speak Ignaciano.
Fast facts
- Country
- Bolivia
- Population
- 21,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Ignaciano (ign)
- Primary religion
- Folk Catholicism
- 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 ?
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- El Beni department
Where they live
Gospel status
The Ignaciano 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 Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Ignaciano
- 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
Folk Catholicism · Christianity
41% adherents
Primary language
Ignaciano · Arawakan family
65% speak Ignaciano
Gospel resources in Ignaciano
- Bible available, published 2012
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 2004 Bible Society of Bolivia · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Ignaciano
- 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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