People group profile · PG017427
The Toba of Bolivia
The Toba of Bolivia, numbering about 225 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous community of South America, native to Argentina, Paraguay, and Bolivia.
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 Toba.
Fast facts
- Country
- Bolivia
- Population
- 225
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Toba (tob)
- 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
- Tarija department: Pilmacayo river, between Villa Montes and Paraguay border
Where they live
Gospel status
The Toba 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 No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Toba
- 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
Toba · Guaicuruan family
70% speak Toba
Gospel resources in Toba
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 2012 Sociedad Bíblica de Argentina · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Toba
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
Toba in other countries
The same people (ROP3 110108) is reported in 2 other countries.
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