People group profile · PG017523
The Kokama of Peru
The Kokama of Peru, numbering about 11,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Amazonian people of the Huallaga, Maranon, Ucayali, and Amazonas river basins, first contacted by Spanish explorers in 1557 and now reviving their Tupi-Guarani-derived Kukama-Kukamiria language after generations of decline.
They are an indigenous people in the Guarani people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Loreto-Ucayali Spanish.
Fast facts
- Country
- Peru
- Population
- 11,500
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Guarani
- Primary language
- Loreto-Ucayali Spanish (spq)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- 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
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Loreto region: Huallaga, lower Marañon, and northeast lower Ucayali rivers’ area
Where they live
Gospel status
The Kokama 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 Kokama
- 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
90% adherents
Primary language
Loreto-Ucayali Spanish · Indo-European family
98% speak Loreto-Ucayali Spanish
Gospel resources in Loreto-Ucayali Spanish
- 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 Kokama
- 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.
Kokama in other countries
The same people is also reported in 2 other countries.
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