People group profile · PG017583
The Pasco-Yanahuanca Quechua of Peru
The Pasco-Yanahuanca Quechua of Peru, numbering about 51,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a linguistic subgroup of the Quechua people indigenous to Peru's Pasco region.
They are an indigenous people in the Quechua people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Yanahuanca Pasco Quechua.
Fast facts
- Country
- Peru
- Population
- 51,500
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Quechua
- Primary language
- Yanahuanca Pasco Quechua (qur)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 20% or Greater but Less than 30%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Pasco region: Chacayan, Chinche, Goyllarisquizqa, Paucar, San Pedro de Pillao, Tapoc, Villcabamba, and Yanahuanca districts; sparsely populated high country, more densely populated valleys
Where they live
Gospel status
The Pasco-Yanahuanca 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 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Pasco-Yanahuanca 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
Protestantism · Christianity
30% adherents
Primary language
Yanahuanca Pasco Quechua · Quechuan family
30% speak Yanahuanca Pasco Quechua
Gospel resources in Yanahuanca Pasco Quechua
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Pasco-Yanahuanca Quechua
- 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.
- 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.
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