People group profile · PG043187
The Yukpa of the United States
The Yukpa of the United States, numbering about 900 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Amerindian group of Karib extraction who are indigenous to the river valleys of northwestern Venezuela and northern Colombia.
They are a diaspora people in the South American Indigenous people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism, and they primarily speak Yukpa.
Fast facts
- Country
- United States
- Population
- 900
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Yukpa (yup)
- Primary religion
- Roman 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 ?
- Minimally Reached People Group
- Region
- Northern America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Yukpa 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 No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Yukpa
- 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
Roman Catholicism · Christianity
75% adherents
Primary language
Yukpa · Cariban family
80% speak Yukpa
Gospel resources in Yukpa
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Yukpa)
Bibles
- 2018 Asociación Civil, Capacitación Lingüística, Antropológica y Alfabetización Nativa (CLAN) · audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Yukpa
- 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.
- 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.
Yukpa in other countries
The same people is also reported in 2 other countries.
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