People group profile · PG017538
The Huambiza of Peru
The Huambiza of Peru, numbering about 13,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Jivaroan people of the upper Maranon and Santiago rivers along the Peru-Ecuador border, one of the few Amazonian peoples to repel both Inca and Spanish conquest, who recently organized as an autonomous indigenous nation.
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 Huambisa.
Fast facts
- Country
- Peru
- Population
- 13,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Amazon
- Primary language
- Huambisa (hub)
- 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 ?
- Minimally Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Amazonas and Loreto regions: high jungle of the Andes along Morona and Santiago rivers
Where they live
Gospel status
The Huambiza 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 Huambiza
- 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
95% adherents
Primary language
Huambisa · Chicham family
100% speak Huambisa
Gospel resources in Huambisa
- Bible available, published 2013
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Wampis)
Bibles
- 2010 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Huambiza
- 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.
- 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.
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