People group profile · PG043205
The Cocopah of the United States
The Cocopah of the United States, numbering about 800 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a federally recognized Native American Tribe of the United States.
They are an indigenous people in the North American Indigenous people cluster of the North American Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Cocopa.
Fast facts
- Country
- United States
- Population
- 800
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- North American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Cocopa (coc)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- 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
- Also known as
- River People
- Region
- Northern America, Americas
- Location
- along the lower Colorado River and its delta, spanning areas in Arizona and California
Where they live
Gospel status
The Cocopah 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 Cocopah
- 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
Primary language
Cocopa · Cochimi-Yuman family
52% speak Cocopa
Gospel resources in Cocopa
- Bible available
- 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 Cocopah
- 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.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
Cocopah in other countries
The same people is also reported in 1 other country.
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