People group profile · PG017535
The Huachipaire of Peru
The Huachipaire of Peru, numbering about 2,100 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Harakmbut subgroup of Peru's Madre de Dios region regarding the forest as the origin of life, decimated by a 1948 smallpox epidemic that followed a new Cusco road, whose Eshuva sung prayers are recognized by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage.
They are an indigenous people in the South American Indigenous people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Huachipaeri.
Fast facts
- Country
- Peru
- Population
- 2,100
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Huachipaeri (hug)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Cusco region: Keros and upper Madre de Dios rivers
Where they live
Gospel status
The Huachipaire are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Huachipaire
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
Animism · Ethnoreligion
90% adherents
Primary language
Huachipaeri · Harakmbut family
15% speak Huachipaeri
Gospel resources in Huachipaeri
- Bible available, published 1959
- 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 Huachipaire
- 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.
- 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.
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