People group profile · PG017518
The Chachapoyas Quechua of Peru
The Chachapoyas Quechua of Peru, numbering about 8,900 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are descendants of the Chachapoya, cloud-forest warriors who built the mountain fortress of Kuelap in Peru's Amazonas region between roughly 900 and 1100 AD, who fiercely resisted Inca conquest until their defeat around 1475 and forced resettlement.
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 Chachapoyas Quechua.
Fast facts
- Country
- Peru
- Population
- 8,900
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Quechua
- Primary language
- Chachapoyas Quechua (quk)
- 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 ?
- Minimally Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Amazonas region: Chachapoyas and Luya provinces
Where they live
Gospel status
The Chachapoyas 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 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Chachapoyas 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
60% adherents
Primary language
Chachapoyas Quechua · Quechuan family
3% speak Chachapoyas Quechua
Gospel resources in Chachapoyas Quechua
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Chachapoyas Quechua
- 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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