People group profile · PG017546
The Jungle Quechua of Peru
The Jungle Quechua of Peru, numbering about 44,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a composite Amazonian people formed after the 1654 Spanish resettlement of several distinct pre-Columbian groups, including the Tabalosos, Lamas, and Payanancos, around the town of Lamas in Peru's San Martin region, fusing into a single Quechua identity.
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 San Martín Quechua.
Fast facts
- Country
- Peru
- Population
- 44,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Quechua
- Primary language
- San Martín Quechua (qvs)
- 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: Roderigo de Menedez province; Loreto region: one enclave; San Martin region: Lamas, Sisa and other districts, and along Ucayali river
Where they live
Gospel status
The Jungle 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 Jungle 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
Primary language
San Martín Quechua · Quechuan family
34% speak San Martín Quechua
Gospel resources in San Martín Quechua
- Bible available, published 2008
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Kechwa, San Martin)
Bibles
- 1992 Bible League International · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Jungle Quechua
- 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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