People group profile · PG024737
The Quiche of Guatemala
The Quiche of Guatemala, numbering about 3,215,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous Mesoamerican people associated with the ancient Maya civilization of Guatemala.
They are an indigenous people in the Maya people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak K'iche'.
Fast facts
- Country
- Guatemala
- Population
- 3,215,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Maya
- Primary language
- K'iche' (quc)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- 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
- Minimally Reached People Group
- Region
- Central America, Americas
- Location
- Quiché department: Chichicastenango, Chiché, Cunén, Joyabaj, Sacapulas, San Andrés Sajcabajá, Uspantán, Zacualpa municipalities; Quetzaltenango, Retalhuleu, Sololá, Suchitepéquez, and Totonicapán departments; some communities in Huehuetenango and Baja Ve
Where they live
Gospel status
The Quiche 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 Quiche
- 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
75% adherents
Primary language
K'iche' · Mayan family
60% speak K'iche'
Gospel resources in K'iche'
- Bible available, published 1995
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Quiche, Joyabaj)
- JESUS (Kiche, Cunen)
- JESUS (Quiche, West Central)
- JESUS (Quiche, Central)
- Magdalena (Quiche, Joyabaj)
Bibles
- 1997 Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc. · video, audio, text
- 1999 Primitive Methodist Church · audio, text
- 2012 Larry Edward Marhenke & Sonya Louise Eidsvoog de Marhenke, y sus descendientes (and their descendents) · audio, text
- Asociación Educativa y Cultural Maya · audio, text
- Catholic (Biblia Latinoamericana) · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Quiche
- 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.
Quiche, Central in other countries
The same people (ROP3 101930) is reported in 1 other country.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quiche | United States | 284,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
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