People group profile · PG048778
The Katukina of Rio Bia of Brazil
The Katukina of Rio Bia of Brazil, numbering about 450 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an indigenous Katukina-speaking people of the Rio Biá region in Amazonas, Brazil. They maintain a distinct cultural identity through riverine village life, kinship networks, subsistence agriculture, hunting, fishing, and traditional rituals.
They are an indigenous people in the Amazon people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Kanamarí.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 450
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Amazon
- Primary language
- Kanamarí (knm)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- 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
- scattered villages on the Bia and Jandiatuba Rivers on the border between the states of Amazonas and Acre
Where they live
Gospel status
The Katukina of Rio Bia 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 Katukina of Rio Bia
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
Primary language
Kanamarí · Katukinan family
100% speak Kanamarí
Gospel resources in Kanamarí
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Katukina of Rio Bia
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
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