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People group profile · PG047022

The Isconahua of Peru

The Isconahua of Peru, numbering about 80 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Peru.

They are an indigenous people in the Amazon people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Shipibo-Conibo.

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Fast facts

Country
Peru
Population
80
Affinity group
American Peoples
People cluster
Amazon
Primary language
Shipibo-Conibo (shp)
Primary religion
Ethnoreligion
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
Location
Loreto and Ucayali regions: Callaria river

Where they live

Gospel status

The Isconahua 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 Isconahua

  • 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

Ethnoreligion

60% adherents

Primary language

Shipibo-Conibo · Pano-Tacanan family

100% speak Shipibo-Conibo

Gospel resources in Shipibo-Conibo

  • Bible available, published 2013
  • JESUS Film available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources available
  • Bible stories not available

Bibles

Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.

Pray for the Isconahua

  1. 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
  2. Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
  3. Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
  4. Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.

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