People group profile · PG050166
The Katio of Alto Andagueda of Colombia
The Katio of Alto Andagueda of Colombia, numbering about 9,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a tribal subgroup of the Katio indigenous to the Alto Andagueda reservation in Colombia's Choco Department.
They are an indigenous people in the South American Indigenous people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Emberá-Catío.
Fast facts
- Country
- Colombia
- Population
- 9,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Emberá-Catío (cto)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Chocó Department, Bagadó municipality, Resguardo Alto Andágueda
Where they live
Gospel status
The Katio of Alto Andagueda are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. 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 Katio of Alto Andagueda
- Continue prayer and fasting for this group
- Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
- Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people
Primary religion
Animism · Ethnoreligion
Primary language
Emberá-Catío · Chocoan family
90% speak Emberá-Catío
Gospel resources in Emberá-Catío
- Bible available, published 2014
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Embera-Catio)
Bibles
- Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc. · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Katio of Alto Andagueda
- 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.
- 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.
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