People group profile · PG050213
The Ashéninka Bajo Pichis of Peru
The Ashéninka Bajo Pichis of Peru, numbering about 5,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an Indigenous Amazonian people of central Peru, part of the broader Ashaninka–Ashéninka ethnolinguistic complex. They live primarily along the lower Pichis River (Bajo Pichis) and its tributaries in Peru’s central jungle.
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 Pichis Ashéninka.
Fast facts
- Country
- Peru
- Population
- 5,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Amazon
- Primary language
- Pichis Ashéninka (cpu)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Pasco region: Pichis river and tributaries except Apurucayali
Where they live
Gospel status
The Ashéninka Bajo Pichis 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 Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Ashéninka Bajo Pichis
- 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
Pichis Ashéninka · Arawakan family
73% speak Pichis Ashéninka
Gospel resources in Pichis Ashéninka
- Bible available, published 2008
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Asheninca Pichis)
Bibles
- 2008, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Ashéninka Bajo Pichis
- 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.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
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