People group profile · PG017584
The Puno Quechua of Peru
The Puno Quechua of Peru, numbering about 500,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a linguistic subgroup of the Quechua people indigenous to Peru's Arequipa and Cusco regions.
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 Puno Quechua.
Fast facts
- Country
- Peru
- Population
- 500,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Quechua
- Primary language
- Puno Quechua (qxp)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 10% or Greater but Less than 15%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Arequipa and Cusco regions: small areas; Moquegua region: highland area; Puno region
Where they live
Gospel status
The Puno 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 Puno 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
Puno Quechua · Quechuan family
100% speak Puno Quechua
Gospel resources in Puno Quechua
- Bible available, published 1971
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings 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 Puno Quechua
- 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.
- 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.
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