Tag: Etnopedia

Mapping the Tribes of Colombia’s Pacific Region

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Ethnolinguistic Map of Indigenous Tribes in the Pacific Region of Colombia.

This region is home to many tribes speaking a wide variety of indigenous languages. Most of these tribes can trace their ancestral roots to this region since Pre-Columbian times. Today they live as unique nations (ethne) within communities dispersed widely throughout the jungles, mountains, and Pacific coastline. Their communication with the outside world often remains limited. Unfortunately, this geographical region favors both production and transportation of illicit drugs, among other criminal enterprises. Many have fallen… Continue reading

Colombia’s Unreached Tribes

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Deep within the dense jungles and vast savannah regions of Colombia are nearly a hundred different tribes, each one a unique ethnos – an ethnolinguistic nation created by God. Most have little to no knowledge of Biblical Christianity and have never heard the gospel. The majority of these tribes still maintain their indigenous native American languages so some extent, though Spanish has increasingly been adopted. They vary in population size, from tens of thousands to… Continue reading

The People Groups of Nepal

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Nepal is a country as varied ethnoliguistically as it is geographically. With an estimated population of over 30 million, it is home to hundreds of indigenous People Groups, most of whom are unreached with the gospel. I began my research into Nepal’s People Groups a decade ago as part of a larger project through Etnopedia which can be viewed at the Etnopedia Nepal page (a work in progress). As my research focus for the last… Continue reading

Mapping the People Groups of Cambodia

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This map is the product of research I conducted to identify and locate Cambodia’s Unreached People Groups (UPGs) for the purpose of providing a country-wide overview for a network of indigenous Cambodian church planting missionaries. I have traveled previously through Cambodia, and expect to revisit again soon as I work through Gospelink to develop a research strategy for these missionaries. Cambodia’s population is estimated at almost 17 million of which there are between 18-23 indigenous… Continue reading

Investigating Chiapas

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Last week, Dave and I traveled into the neighboring Chiapas state. As I sat down to write about this intense trip, I realized that it was too much to cram into a single post, so I have broken it down into bite-sized segments. Our purpose in Chiapas included teaching Spanish-speaking believers how to make disciples, mobilizing future missionaries, and assessing the Evangelical Christian movement among indigenous people groups within the far reaches of the state;… Continue reading