People group profile · PG017510
The Candoshi of Peru
The Candoshi of Peru, numbering about 3,300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Peru.
They are an indigenous people in the Amazon people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Candoshi-Shapra.
Fast facts
- Country
- Peru
- Population
- 3,300
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Amazon
- Primary language
- Candoshi-Shapra (cbu)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- 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
- Loreto region: Chapuli, Huitoyacu, Morona, and Pastaza rivers
Where they live
Gospel status
The Candoshi 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 Candoshi
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
94% adherents
Primary language
100% speak Candoshi-Shapra
Gospel resources in Candoshi-Shapra
- Bible available, published 2010
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Kandoozi)
Bibles
- 2010 Wycliffe Bible Translators · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Candoshi
- 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.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
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