People group profile · PG017499
The Arabela of Peru
The Arabela of Peru, numbering about 400 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an idigenous Amerindian community of Peru.
They are an indigenous people in the Amazon people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Arabela.
Fast facts
- Country
- Peru
- Population
- 400
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Amazon
- Primary language
- Arabela (arl)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Also known as
- Tapweyokwaka, Tapueyocuaca
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Loreto region: Arabela river, tributary of the Napo. 2 villages
Where they live
Gospel status
The Arabela are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Arabela
- 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
Arabela · Zaparoan family
12% speak Arabela
Gospel resources in Arabela
- Bible available, published 2008
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 1986, 2008 La Liga Bíblica · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Arabela
- 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.
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