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People group profile · PG047233

The Arawak of the United States

The Arawak of the United States, numbering about 3,600 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous Arawakan-speaking people of northern South America whose traditional territories extend across Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Venezuela.

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

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Fast facts

Country
United States
Population
3,600
Affinity group
American Peoples
People cluster
South American Indigenous
Primary language
English (eng)
Primary religion
Protestantism
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 Arawak 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 Arawak

  • 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

Protestantism · Christianity

Primary language

English

100% speak English

Gospel resources in English

  • Bible available
  • JESUS Film available
  • Radio programs available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources available
  • Bible stories available

Films

  • JESUS (English, North American Indigenous)

Bibles

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

Pray for the Arawak

  1. John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
  2. Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
  3. Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
  4. Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.

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Arawak in other countries

The same people is also reported in 4 other countries.

People groupCountryPopulationStatus
ArawakGuyana15,000No Longer Unreached
ArawakSuriname3,300Unengaged and Unreached
ArawakFrench Guiana1,000No Longer Unreached
ArawakVenezuela425No Longer Unreached

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