People group profile · PG033553
The Highland Mazatec of Mexico
The Highland Mazatec of Mexico, numbering about 187,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Mexico.
They are an indigenous people in the Zapotec people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Catholicism, and they primarily speak Huautla Mazatec.
Fast facts
- Country
- Mexico
- Population
- 187,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Zapotec
- Primary language
- Huautla Mazatec (mau)
- Primary religion
- Folk Catholicism
- 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
- Also known as
- Huatla Mazatec, Mazateco, Shuta Enima
- Region
- Central America, Americas
- Location
- Oaxaca: Huautla northeast to Presa Miguel Aleman, and Puebla
Where they live
Gospel status
The Highland Mazatec 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 Highland Mazatec
- 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
Folk Catholicism · Christianity
86% adherents
Primary language
Huautla Mazatec · Otomanguean family
95% speak Huautla Mazatec
Gospel resources in Huautla Mazatec
- Bible available, published 2009
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Mazateco, Huautla De Jimenez)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Highland Mazatec
- 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.
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