People group profile · PG050489
The Yavapai of the United States
The Yavapai of the United States, numbering about 2,600 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a group of federally recognized Native American tribes based in the state of Arizona; includes the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian Reservation, and Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe.
They are an indigenous people in the North American Indigenous people cluster of the North American Peoples. Their primary religion is Native American religions, and they primarily speak Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai.
Fast facts
- Country
- United States
- Population
- 2,600
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- North American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai (yuf)
- Primary religion
- Native American religions
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC ?
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- Northern America, Americas
- Location
- Arizona: Camp Verde Reservation, Fort McDowell Reservation, Yavapai Reservation
Where they live
Gospel status
The Yavapai are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Yavapai
- 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
Native American religions · Ethnoreligion
Primary language
Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai · Cochimi-Yuman family
75% speak Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai
Gospel resources in Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai
- Bible available, published 1980
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Yavapai
- 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.
- 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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