People group profile · PG050399
The Naruvotu of Brazil
The Naruvotu of Brazil, numbering about 90 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Karib-speaking Indigenous people of Brazil’s Upper Xingu region whose identity is rooted in ancestral ties to the Culuene River basin, Upper Xingu cultural traditions, and longstanding connections to neighboring Indigenous communities.
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 Kuikúro-Kalapálo.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 90
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Amazon
- Primary language
- Kuikúro-Kalapálo (kui)
- 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
- Mato Grosso: Xingu Indigenous Park
Where they live
Gospel status
The Naruvotu 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 Naruvotu
- 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
100% adherents
Primary language
Kuikúro-Kalapálo · Cariban family
100% speak Kuikúro-Kalapálo
Gospel resources in Kuikúro-Kalapálo
- Bible available, published 2014
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories available
Films
- JESUS (Kikuro)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Naruvotu
- 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.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
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