People group profile · PG017539
The Huaylas Ancash Quechua of Peru
The Huaylas Ancash Quechua of Peru, numbering about 336,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Peru.
They are an indigenous people in the Quechua people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Catholicism, and they primarily speak Huaylas Ancash Quechua.
Fast facts
- Country
- Peru
- Population
- 336,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Quechua
- Primary language
- Huaylas Ancash Quechua (qwh)
- Primary religion
- Folk Catholicism
- 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
- Ancash region: Caraz, Carhuaz, and Huaraz provinces; Callejón de Huaylas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Huaylas Ancash 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 Huaylas Ancash 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
Folk Catholicism · Christianity
94% adherents
Primary language
Huaylas Ancash Quechua · Quechuan family
73% speak Huaylas Ancash Quechua
Gospel resources in Huaylas Ancash Quechua
- Bible available, published 2019
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Quechua, Ancash, Huaylas)
Bibles
- 2007 Bible League International · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Huaylas Ancash Quechua
- 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.
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