People group profile · PG017572
The Pachitea Quechua of Peru
The Pachitea Quechua of Peru, numbering about 50,000 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 Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Panao Huánuco Quechua.

Fast facts
- Country
- Peru
- Population
- 50,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Quechua
- Primary language
- Panao Huánuco Quechua (qxh)
- 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
- Huanuco region: Pachitea province, Molino, Panao and Umari districts
Where they live
Gospel status
The Pachitea 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 Pachitea 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
Panao Huánuco Quechua · Quechuan family
100% speak Panao Huánuco Quechua
Gospel resources in Panao Huánuco Quechua
- Bible available, published 2011
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Quechua, Panao Huanuco)
Bibles
- 2009 Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc. · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Pachitea Quechua
- 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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