People group profile · PG043717
The Wayampi Amapari of French Guiana
The Wayampi Amapari of French Guiana, numbering about 1,400 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Tupi-Guarani people originally from the Xingu River who settled the Amapari, Araguari, and Jari rivers in the 18th century, their territory shaped by France-Portugal colonial rivalry, remaining isolated until French geographers made contact in the 1940s.
They are an indigenous people in the South American Indigenous people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Wayampi.
Fast facts
- Country
- French Guiana
- Population
- 1,400
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Wayampi (oym)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Wayampi Amapari are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Wayampi Amapari
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
Animism · Ethnoreligion
80% adherents
Primary language
Wayampi · Tupian family
100% speak Wayampi
Gospel resources in Wayampi
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Wayampi Amapari
- 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.
Wayampi Amapari in other countries
The same people is also reported in 1 other country.
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