People group profile · PG024739
The Sacapulteco of Guatemala
The Sacapulteco of Guatemala, numbering about 14,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community 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 Sacapulteco.
Fast facts
- Country
- Guatemala
- Population
- 14,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Maya
- Primary language
- Sacapulteco (quv)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 20% or Greater but Less than 30%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- Central America, Americas
- Location
- Quiché department: Sacapulas municipality; some in Guatemala City
Where they live
Gospel status
The Sacapulteco are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Sacapulteco
- 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
Sacapulteco · Mayan family
70% speak Sacapulteco
Gospel resources in Sacapulteco
- Bible available, published 1980
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Sacapulteco
- 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.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
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