People group profile · PG024703
The Aguacatec of Guatemala
The Aguacatec of Guatemala, numbering about 13,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Mamean Mayan people of Guatemala's Cuchumatanes highlands centered on the town of Aguacatan, historically subordinated to a Ladino elite under a caste-like social system.
They are an indigenous people in the Central American Indigenous people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Catholicism, and they primarily speak Aguacateco.
Fast facts
- Country
- Guatemala
- Population
- 13,500
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Central American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Aguacateco (agu)
- Primary religion
- Folk Catholicism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- Central America, Americas
- Location
- Huehuetenango department
Where they live
Gospel status
The Aguacatec are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Aguacatec
- 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
Folk Catholicism · Christianity
24% adherents
Primary language
Aguacateco · Mayan family
80% speak Aguacateco
Gospel resources in Aguacateco
- Bible available, published 2011
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 1993 Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc. · video, audio, text
- Asociación Educativa y Cultural Maya · audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Aguacatec
- 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.
Aguacatec in other countries
The same people (ROP3 100122) is reported in 1 other country.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aguacatec | United States | 1,300 | No Longer Unreached |
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