People group profile · PG046751
The Leco of Bolivia
The Leco of Bolivia, numbering about 4,100 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Bolivia.
They are an indigenous people in the Quechua people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak North Bolivian Quechua.
Fast facts
- Country
- Bolivia
- Population
- 4,100
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Quechua
- Primary language
- North Bolivian Quechua (qul)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Leco are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Leco
- 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
55% adherents
Primary language
North Bolivian Quechua · Quechuan family
100% speak North Bolivian Quechua
Gospel resources in North Bolivian Quechua
- Bible available, published 2006
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Quechua, North Bolivian)
Bibles
- 2006 Bible Society of Bolivia · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Leco
- 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.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
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