South America
Ecuador


History of Ecuador.The coastal section and the high Andean basins situated in modern day Ecuador, were populated by Indian tribes when the first Europeans reached the area’s Pacific coast in 1526. The Incan Empire extended over the highland area to an area near to Quito. The first Spanish settlement in Ecuador was established in 1534 at Quito on the site of an important Incan town of the same name. Another settlement was established four years later near the river Guayas in Guayaquil. Expeditions initiated by Francisco Pizarro, who discovered and occupied Peru, founded the settlements and extended Spanish rule over the highland basins and coastal lowlands. Ecuador was part of the Viceroyalty of Peru until 1740, when it was transferred to the Viceroyalty of New Granada (together with Colombia and Venezuela). With hardly any gold or silver, Ecuador did not draw many Europeans settlers throughout the Spanish colonial period, which lasted until 1822.
The first rebellion against Spanish rule took place in 1809, but only in 1822 did Ecuador gain independence as part of the Federation of Gran Colombia, from which it withdrew in 1830. A long period of conflict and instability followed, caused mainly by struggles between conservative and liberal elements, clerical and anticlerical movements and large landowners and owners of small farms and plantations. The country was run by dictators and the army played an important role in internal politics. During the first century of its independence, Ecuador had changed its constitutions 13 times and only a small number of its presidents had managed to serve a full four-year term.
The economic development associated with the cocoa boom at the end of the 19th and the first quarter of the 20th century helped to perk up and stabilize the country’s administration despite the recurrent turnover in rulers – 18 presidents between 1897 and 1934 and 25 presidents between 1934 and 1988.1
Ecuador People Groups from The Joshua Project
Ecuador. Data from The Joshua Project (https://www.joshuaproject.net)
People | Reached | Language | Population | Bible | Religion | Adherents | Evangelical |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jew Spanish-speaking | Unreached | Spanish |
600 |
Complete Bible | Ethnic Religions |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Achuar Jivaro | Minimally Reached | Achuar-Shiwiar |
7,200 |
New Testament | Ethnic Religions |
14.0 |
1.0 |
Arab | Minimally Reached | Arabic-North Levantine Spoken |
3,000 |
Portions Completed | Islam |
22.0 |
1.0 |
Chachi | Minimally Reached | Chachi |
11,000 |
New Testament | Ethnic Religions |
8.0 |
1.2 |
Embera-Saija | Minimally Reached | Epena |
600 |
New Testament | Ethnic Religions |
40.0 |
1.5 |
Media Lengua | Minimally Reached | Media Lengua |
3,200 |
Unspecified | Ethnic Religions |
15.0 |
0.4 |
Shuar | Minimally Reached | Shuar |
71,000 |
Complete Bible | Ethnic Religions |
10.0 |
0.5 |
Tsachila | Minimally Reached | Tsafiki |
3,300 |
New Testament | Ethnic Religions |
40.0 |
1.2 |
Afro-Ecuadorian | Superficially Reached | Spanish |
432,000 |
Complete Bible | Christianity |
96.0 |
0.5 |
Deaf | Superficially Reached | Ecuadorian Sign Language |
89,000 |
Translation Started | Christianity |
94.5 |
|
Quichua Canar Highland | Superficially Reached | Quichua-Canar Highland |
169,000 |
Complete Bible | Christianity |
96.0 |
2.0 |
Quichua Imbabura Highland | Superficially Reached | Quichua-Imbabura Highland |
191,000 |
Complete Bible | Christianity |
96.0 |
2.0 |
Quichua Loja Highland | Superficially Reached | Quichua-Loja Highland |
44,000 |
Portions Completed | Christianity |
90.0 |
1.0 |
Quichua Northern Pastaza | Superficially Reached | Quichua-Northern Pastaza |
10,000 |
New Testament | Christianity |
98.0 |
2.0 |
Quichua Salasaca Highland | Superficially Reached | Quichua-Salasaca Highland |
21,000 |
New Testament | Christianity |
90.0 |
1.0 |
Quichua Tena Lowland | Superficially Reached | Quichua-Tena Lowland |
29,000 |
New Testament | Christianity |
90.0 |
2.0 |
British | Partially Reached | English |
3,200 |
Complete Bible | Christianity |
60.0 |
8.0 |
Epera | Partially Reached | Spanish |
500 |
Complete Bible | Ethnic Religions |
8.0 |
4.0 |
German | Partially Reached | German-Standard |
44,000 |
Complete Bible | Christianity |
64.0 |
2.1 |
Han Chinese Mandarin | Partially Reached | Chinese-Mandarin |
19,000 |
Complete Bible | Non-Religious |
8.0 |
5.7 |
Norwegian | Partially Reached | Norwegian |
13,000 |
Complete Bible | Christianity |
91.0 |
8.4 |
Quaiquer | Partially Reached | Awa-Cuaiquer |
2,200 |
New Testament | Christianity |
65.0 |
4.0 |
Quichua Calderon Highland | Partially Reached | Quichua-Calderon Highland |
51,000 |
Unspecified | Christianity |
99.0 |
4.0 |
Quichua Chimborazo Highland | Partially Reached | Quichua-Chimborazo Highland |
1,000,000 |
Complete Bible | Christianity |
98.0 |
8.0 |
Quichua Lowland Napo | Partially Reached | Quichua-Napo |
17,000 |
New Testament | Christianity |
90.0 |
6.0 |
Secoya | Partially Reached | Paicoca |
500 |
New Testament | Ethnic Religions |
20.0 |
7.0 |
Siona | Partially Reached | Siona |
600 |
New Testament | Christianity |
60.0 |
6.0 |
Tagaeri | Partially Reached | Waorani |
30 |
New Testament | Ethnic Religions |
20.0 |
10.0 |
Taromenane | Partially Reached | Waorani |
200 |
New Testament | Ethnic Religions |
15.0 |
10.0 |
Zambo Mulatto | Partially Reached | Spanish |
477,000 |
Complete Bible | Christianity |
98.0 |
5.0 |
Zaporo | Partially Reached | Quichua-Chimborazo Highland |
200 |
Complete Bible | Christianity |
65.0 |
10.0 |
Americans U.S. | Significantly Reached | English |
89,000 |
Complete Bible | Christianity |
81.0 |
28.9 |
Ecuadorian Mestizo | Significantly Reached | Spanish |
13,272,000 |
Complete Bible | Christianity |
94.0 |
11.6 |
Ecuadorian White | Significantly Reached | Spanish |
1,746,000 |
Complete Bible | Christianity |
94.0 |
11.6 |
Kofan | Significantly Reached | Cofan |
1,400 |
New Testament | Ethnic Religions |
40.0 |
30.0 |
Waorani | Significantly Reached | Waorani |
2,700 |
New Testament | Ethnic Religions |
40.0 |
15.0 |