People group profile · PG047155
The Uncontacted of Rio Tapirape of Brazil
The Uncontacted of Rio Tapirape of Brazil, numbering about 25 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an uncontacted Indigenous people of the Rio Tapirapé region in the eastern Brazilian Amazon who live in voluntary isolation and are known primarily through indirect evidence rather than direct ethnographic study.
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 Undetermined.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 25
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Amazon
- Primary language
- Undetermined (und)
- 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
Where they live
Gospel status
The Uncontacted of Rio Tapirape 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 Uncontacted of Rio Tapirape
- 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
Primary language
Gospel resources in Undetermined
- 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 Uncontacted of Rio Tapirape
- 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.
- 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.
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