People group profile · PG017460
The Calderon Highland Quichua of Ecuador
The Calderon Highland Quichua of Ecuador, numbering about 52,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous Kichwa-speaking people of the northern Ecuadorian highlands whose identity emerged from the blending of pre-Columbian Andean populations under the spread of Highland Quichua language and culture in the Sierra region.
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 Calderón Highland Quichua.
Fast facts
- Country
- Ecuador
- Population
- 52,500
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Quechua
- Primary language
- Calderón Highland Quichua (qud)
- 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
- Cotopaxi province and Napo provinces; Pichincha province: Calderon, Cayambe and Quito areas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Calderon Highland Quichua 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 Calderon Highland Quichua
- 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
Calderón Highland Quichua · Quechuan family
75% speak Calderón Highland Quichua
Gospel resources in Calderón Highland Quichua
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Calderon Highland Quichua
- 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.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
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