People group profile · PG025022
The Bribri of Costa Rica
The Bribri of Costa Rica, numbering about 17,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a matrilineal clan indigenous to the mountains of the Talamanca region of Costa Rica and the Bocas del Toro province of Panama.
They are an indigenous people in the Central American Indigenous people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Bribri.
Fast facts
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Population
- 17,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Central American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Bribri (bzd)
- 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
- Central America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Bribri 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 Bribri
- 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
Bribri · Chibchan family
55% speak Bribri
Gospel resources in Bribri
- Bible available, published 2010
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- Common Language (Popular Version) · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Bribri
- 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.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
Bribri in other countries
The same people (ROP3 101667) is reported in 1 other country.
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