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People group profile · PG047218

The Quechua of the United States

The Quechua of the United States, numbering about 1,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a linguistic subgroup of the Quechua people indigenous to the Andean highlands of southwestern Bolivia.

They are a diaspora people in the Quechua people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak South Bolivian Quechua.

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Fast facts

Country
United States
Population
1,500
Affinity group
American Peoples
People cluster
Quechua
Primary language
South Bolivian Quechua (quh)
Primary religion
Ethnoreligion
Strategic Progress Index
No Longer Unreached
Evangelical
2% or Greater but Less than 5%
GSEC
2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
Lostness priority
Marginally Reached People Group
Region
Northern America, Americas

Where they live

Gospel status

The Quechua are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.

  • Congregations exist No
  • Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted

Next steps for the Quechua

  • 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

Ethnoreligion

Primary language

South Bolivian Quechua · Quechuan family

100% speak South Bolivian Quechua

Gospel resources in South Bolivian Quechua

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

Films

Bibles

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

Pray for the Quechua

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

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Quechua, South Bolivian in other countries

The same people (ROP3 108236) is reported in 2 other countries.

People groupCountryPopulationStatus
South Bolivian QuechuaBolivia1,845,000No Longer Unreached
Central Bolivian QuechuaArgentina218,000No Longer Unreached

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