People group profile · PG017594
The Southern Huancayo Quechua of Peru
The Southern Huancayo Quechua of Peru, numbering about 250,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous Wanka Quechua people of the Mantaro Valley in central Peru whose ancestry is linked to the historic Huanca nation and whose identity is expressed through the Huaylla Wanka Quechua language and Andean agricultural traditions.
They are an indigenous people in the Quechua people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Catholicism, and they primarily speak Huaylla Wanca Quechua.
Fast facts
- Country
- Peru
- Population
- 250,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Quechua
- Primary language
- Huaylla Wanca Quechua (qvw)
- Primary religion
- Folk Catholicism
- 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 ?
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Junin region: Concepción and Huancayo provinces; some in Huancavelica and Lima regions
Where they live
Gospel status
The Southern Huancayo 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 Southern Huancayo 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
Folk Catholicism · Christianity
91% adherents
Primary language
Huaylla Wanca Quechua · Quechuan family
100% speak Huaylla Wanca Quechua
Gospel resources in Huaylla Wanca Quechua
- Bible available, published 2010
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Idioma Wanca)
Bibles
- 2006 Bible League International · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Southern Huancayo Quechua
- 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.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
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