People group profile · PG024750
The Tzutujil of Guatemala
The Tzutujil of Guatemala, numbering about 118,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous Maya ethnic group from the Lake Atitlán region of Guatemala, with their own language, history, and cultural traditions, descended from the ancient Maya civilization.
They are an indigenous people in the Central American Indigenous people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Tz'utujil.
Fast facts
- Country
- Guatemala
- Population
- 118,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Central American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Tz'utujil (tzj)
- 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
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Also known as
- Eastern Tzutujil
- Region
- Central America, Americas
- Location
- Sololá department: Lake Atitlán, south and southwest shore; Suchitepéquez department: Chicacao area north
Where they live
Gospel status
The Tzutujil 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 Tzutujil
- 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
Tz'utujil · Mayan family
68% speak Tz'utujil
Gospel resources in Tz'utujil
- Bible available, published 2011
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
- 1992 Wycliffe · video, audio, text
- 1992 Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc. · text
- 2008 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. · audio, text
- AEM Version · audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Tzutujil
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
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