People group profile · PG017564
The Nomatsiguenga of Peru
The Nomatsiguenga of Peru, numbering about 8,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Arawakan people of the Tambo, Ene, and Pangoa river valleys between the Andes and Amazon in Peru, sustaining deep traditions of oral storytelling and medicinal plant knowledge as one of the region's smaller Amazonian ethnic groups.
They are an indigenous people in the South American Indigenous people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Nomatsiguenga.
Fast facts
- Country
- Peru
- Population
- 8,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Nomatsiguenga (not)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Junin region: Anapati river system in the foothills, between Ene and Perené rivers
Where they live
Gospel status
The Nomatsiguenga are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Nomatsiguenga
- 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
Nomatsiguenga · Arawakan family
100% speak Nomatsiguenga
Gospel resources in Nomatsiguenga
- Bible available, published 2008
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 1980/2004 La Liga Bíblica · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Nomatsiguenga
- 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.
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