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People group profile · PG024743

The Sipacapense of Guatemala

The Sipacapense of Guatemala, numbering about 19,000 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 Sipacapense.

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AI-generated illustration representing the Sipacapense people
AI-generated illustration, not a photograph. Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Sipacapense

Fast facts

Country
Guatemala
Population
19,000
Affinity group
American Peoples
People cluster
Maya
Primary language
Sipacapense (qum)
Primary religion
Ethnoreligion
Strategic Progress Index
No Longer Unreached
Evangelical
5% or Greater but Less than 10%
GSEC
5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
Lostness priority
Moderately Reached People Group
Region
Central America, Americas
Location
San Marcos department

Where they live

Gospel status

The Sipacapense are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.

  • Congregations exist Yes
  • Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted

Next steps for the Sipacapense

  • 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

Ethnoreligion

Primary language

Sipacapense · Mayan family

24% speak Sipacapense

Gospel resources in Sipacapense

  • Bible available, published 1998
  • 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 Sipacapense

  1. Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
  2. John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
  3. Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
  4. Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.

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