People group profile · PG046950
The Machineri of Brazil
The Machineri of Brazil, numbering about 1,100 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Arawakan people of Brazil's Acre state near the Peru and Bolivia borders, formerly organized into named subgroups called Yineri before the rubber boom's forced labor and conflict scattered their ancestors into today's Manchineri communities.
They are an indigenous people in the South American Indigenous people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Machinere.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 1,100
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Machinere (mpd)
- 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
- Location
- Acre: Assis and Sena Madureira municipalities, Terra Indígena Mamoadate
Where they live
Gospel status
The Machineri 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 Machineri
- 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
Machinere · Arawakan family
75% speak Machinere
Gospel resources in Machinere
- Bible available, published 2018
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 2008 New Tribes Mission · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Machineri
- 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.
Machineri in other countries
The same people is also reported in 1 other country.
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