People group profile · PG046975
The Zoe of Brazil
The Zoe of Brazil, numbering about 425 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an Amazonian people of Para state, Brazil, along the Cuminapanema River who remained isolated until the late 1980s and lost over a third of their population to disease after contact, distinguished by a wooden lip plug worn by all members.
They are an indigenous people in the Guarani people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Zo'é.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 425
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Guarani
- Primary language
- Zo'é (pto)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- No Evangelicals, Churches or Resources
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Pará: Obidos municipality on Cuminapanema river
Where they live
Gospel status
The Zoe 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, there are no evangelical Christians or churches among this people group and there is no access to evangelical print, audio, visual or human resources.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Zoe
- 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
100% adherents
Primary language
Zo'é · Tupian family
100% speak Zo'é
Gospel resources in Zo'é
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not 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 Zoe
- 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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