Three Steps in choosing a UUPG
1: Determine your Commitment Level
Embrace challenges churches to examine their resources and capabilities in order to consider an unengaged and unreached people group as part of their church’s vision to fulfill Jesus’ Acts 1:8 command to be his witnesses in Jerusalem, in all of Judea, and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. Use our Connecting Opportunities chart for help with this step.
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Choosing a UUPG that is right for your church means considering your own members and understanding the strategic priorities of the American Peoples Affinity Group.
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Different parts of the world offer unique challenges and opportunities. It is important to be as equipped as possible for the task. Use our Training Phases form to get a glimpse into the training process. Contact us if you’re interested in taking the next step in getting your church prepared to embrace a UUPG (please be sure to use the ‘Embrace’ tab on the contact page).
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February 23rd Event
SonRise BC
6 Shenandoah Blvd.
Newnan, GA 30265
April 13th Event
North Central BC
8001 NW 23rd Ave.
Gainesville, FL 32606
April 20 Event
First Baptist Church
400 N. Main Street
Farmerville, LA 71241
May 18th Event
Old Town Hill So. BC
3000 S. Burlington Dr
Muncie, IN 47302
June 29th Event
Central BC
11109 Poole Rd
Wendell, NC 27591
August 10th Event
First Baptist Church
Gainesville, Texas
September 14th Event
Terrill BC
1340 Terrill Rd
Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
October 19th Event
Applewood BC
11200 W 32nd Ave
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
January 18, 2014 Event
Immanuel BC
28355 Baseline St.
Highland, CA 92346
February 22, 2014 Event
Greater Gresham Baptist Church
3848 NE Division St.
Gresham, OR 97030
March 22, 2014 Event
First Baptist Church
303 E. Cedar St.
Franklin, KY 42134
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May 7th Lostness – Jeff Holeman
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May 14th Prayer as a Strategy - Jamie Ruede
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May 21st Ministry vs. Missions - Mike Weaver
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May 28th Community Transformation Training - Jenn Barger/Vicki Lassiter
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June 4th Orality - Donny Barger
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June 11th Worldview - Arnold Austin
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June 18th Indigeniety, Non-dependecy, Reproducible - Marty Childers
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June 25th Spiritual Warfare - Terry Lassiter
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Language(s): Tucano
Who are the Tariano?
The Tariano are a small indigenous tribe of Colombia, numbering only around 300. Although the tribe initially spoke Tariano, the language has been lost in Colombia and the remaining Tariano speak Tucano. About 100 members of the tribe in Brazil still speak their native language. The Tariano are a subset of the Tukano family, which includes as many as 17 different indigenous groups and languages. Like others in the Tukano family, the Tariano only marry someone from a different tribe who speaks a different language. Marrying someone from their own tribe is considered incestuous. Most of the Tariano are multilingual.
The remaining Tariano in Colombia live in the far south, along the border with Brazil. The Tariano are not an easy tribe to reach! The trip may require several days of travel by canoe, usually sleeping in hammocks strung between trees on the bank at night, with a fire to keep jaguars and other animals away. The Tariano live along the banks of the Uaupés River.
What are their lives like?
The local economy of the Tariano is based principally on growing yucca and fishing. The Tariano also specialize in making canoes and specialized fishing traps. They trade with many of the other Tukano groups. They practice slash and burn agriculture, growing a variety of native vegetables. Women are in charge of planting and harvesting, preparing food, carrying for children, and all domestic chores. Men hunt and fish, as well as building whatever items are needed.
What are their beliefs?
It was Catholic missionaries in the 1920s who gradually forced the Tariano to give up their native language. They also worked to eradicate the presence of healing shamans. Although much of the Siriano’s mythological culture has been lost, the Tariano maintain many traditional Tukano practices. Shamans lead healing rituals that use ceremonial dance and sacred music instruments. Shamans also oversee the ritualistic consumption of a hallucinogenic drink called caxirí.
All Tukano believe that the various tribes came from an ancestral anaconda. The Anaconda left each of the original humans along its path up the river, and each human deposited in various places along the river was the start of a different Tukano tribe.
