People group profile · PG017481
The Tena Lowland Quichua of Ecuador
The Tena Lowland Quichua of Ecuador, numbering about 53,000 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 Tena Lowland Quichua.
Fast facts
- Country
- Ecuador
- Population
- 53,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Quechua
- Primary language
- Tena Lowland Quichua (quw)
- 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
- Napo province; Orellana province: Loreto canton; Pastaza province: north border. Eastern jungle
Where they live
Gospel status
The Tena Lowland 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 Tena Lowland 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
Tena Lowland Quichua · Quechuan family
80% speak Tena Lowland Quichua
Gospel resources in Tena Lowland Quichua
- Bible available, published 1972
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Quichua, Tena Lowland)
Bibles
- 1982 Hermanos Libres del Ecuador (Revision) · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Tena Lowland Quichua
- 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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