People group profile · PG017441
The Chilean Quechua of Chile
The Chilean Quechua of Chile, numbering about 10,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous Quechua people of northern Chile, concentrated in the Andean highlands near the borders with Bolivia and Peru. They speak Quechua and Spanish and maintain cultural traditions shaped by their Andean heritage.
They are an indigenous people in the Quechua people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak South Bolivian Quechua.
Fast facts
- Country
- Chile
- Population
- 10,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Quechua
- Primary language
- South Bolivian Quechua (quh)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 10% or Greater but Less than 15%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Chilean Quechua 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 Chilean Quechua
- 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
South Bolivian Quechua · Quechuan family
100% speak South Bolivian Quechua
Gospel resources in South Bolivian Quechua
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
- 1993 Bible Society of Bolivia · audio
- 2014 Bible Society of Bolivia · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Chilean Quechua
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- 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.
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