People group profile · PG017464
The Chimborazo Highland Quichua of Ecuador
The Chimborazo Highland Quichua of Ecuador, numbering about 1,010,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Ecuador.
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 Chimborazo Highland Quichua.
Fast facts
- Country
- Ecuador
- Population
- 1,010,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Quechua
- Primary language
- Chimborazo Highland Quichua (qug)
- 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
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Bolivar, Chimborazo, and Cotopaxi provinces; Tungurahua province: west of Ambato; central highlands
Where they live
Gospel status
The Chimborazo 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 Chimborazo 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
Chimborazo Highland Quichua · Quechuan family
80% speak Chimborazo Highland Quichua
Gospel resources in Chimborazo Highland Quichua
- Bible available, published 2010
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Quichua, Highland, Chimborazo)
Bibles
- 2003 Bible Society of Ecuador · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Chimborazo Highland Quichua
- 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.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
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