People group profile · PG024749
The Tektitek of Guatemala
The Tektitek of Guatemala, numbering about 3,600 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 Tektiteko.
Fast facts
- Country
- Guatemala
- Population
- 3,600
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Maya
- Primary language
- Tektiteko (ttc)
- 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
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- Central America, Americas
- Location
- Huehuetenango department: Tectitán area, Cuilco
Where they live
Gospel status
The Tektitek 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 Tektitek
- 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
Primary language
Tektiteko · Mayan family
90% speak Tektiteko
Gospel resources in Tektiteko
- Bible available, published 2014
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 2003 Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc. · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Tektitek
- 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.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
Tectitec in other countries
The same people (ROP3 109916) is reported in 1 other country.
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