People group profile · PG017513
The Cashibo of Peru
The Cashibo of Peru, numbering about 7,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Panoan-speaking group of Amerindians in 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 Cashibo-Cacataibo.
Fast facts
- Country
- Peru
- Population
- 7,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Amazon
- Primary language
- Cashibo-Cacataibo (cbr)
- 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
- Near the Aguaytia, San Alejandro, Cushucayo, and Manoa rivers on the left bank of the Ucayali River on the east side of the Andes in the jungles of central Peru
Where they live
Gospel status
The Cashibo 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 Cashibo
- 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
85% adherents
Primary language
Cashibo-Cacataibo · Pano-Tacanan family
100% speak Cashibo-Cacataibo
Gospel resources in Cashibo-Cacataibo
- Bible available, published 2008
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Kakataibo)
Bibles
- 1978/1995 The Bible League · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Cashibo
- 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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