People group profile · PG017548
The Lowland Quichua of Peru
The Lowland Quichua of Peru, numbering about 11,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Quechua-speaking Amazonian people of the Napo, Aguarico, San Miguel, and Putumayo river basins whose ancestors, the Quijos, were nearly exterminated by the Spanish before their language shifted from the original Shillipanu to Quichua.
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 Napo Lowland Quechua.
Fast facts
- Country
- Peru
- Population
- 11,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Quechua
- Primary language
- Napo Lowland Quechua (qvo)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Loreto region: Napo river area, communities on the Putumayo; Madre de Dios region: small enclave east
Where they live
Gospel status
The Lowland Quichua are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. 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 Lowland Quichua
- Continue prayer and fasting for this group
- Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
- Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people
Primary religion
Primary language
Napo Lowland Quechua · Quechuan family
100% speak Napo Lowland Quechua
Gospel resources in Napo Lowland Quechua
- Bible available, published 1988
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- Colegio Don Bosco · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Lowland Quichua
- 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.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
Lowland Quichua in other countries
The same people is also reported in 2 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Napo Lowland Quichua | Ecuador | 18,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Lowland Quechua | Colombia | 475 | No Longer Unreached |
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