People group profile · PG017504
The Ayacucho Quechua of Peru
The Ayacucho Quechua of Peru, numbering about 900,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Chanka-descended people of Peru's Ayacucho region, absorbed into the Inca Empire after resisting conquest in the 1400s, later home to the colonial city of Huamanga and, from 1980, the birthplace of the Shining Path insurgency.
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 Ayacucho Quechua.
Fast facts
- Country
- Peru
- Population
- 900,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Quechua
- Primary language
- Ayacucho Quechua (quy)
- 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
- Ayacucho and Huancavelica regions; Apurimac, Arequipa, Cusco, Ica, Junin, and Lima regions
Where they live
Gospel status
The Ayacucho 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 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Ayacucho 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
Ayacucho Quechua · Quechuan family
33% speak Ayacucho Quechua
Gospel resources in Ayacucho Quechua
- Bible available, published 2012
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Quechua, Ayacucho)
Bibles
- 1987 Bible Society of Peru (Donna Sauna Recording) · audio, text
- 1987 Bible Society of Peru (FCBH Recording) · audio, text
- Edición Revisada · video, audio
- Edición Revisada 2012 · audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Ayacucho Quechua
- 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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