People group profile · PG039070
The Northwestern Chinantec of Mexico
The Northwestern Chinantec of Mexico, numbering about 20,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Chinantecan people of northern Oaxaca's Papaloapan River basin near Tuxtepec, Mexico, whose language traces to settlement of the Chinantla region over 3,500 years ago, distinct from the neighboring Zapotec and Mazatec.
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 Tlacoatzintepec Chinantec.
Fast facts
- Country
- Mexico
- Population
- 20,500
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Zapotec
- Primary language
- Tlacoatzintepec Chinantec (ctl)
- Primary religion
- Folk Catholicism
- 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
- Oaxaca: San Juan Bautista Tlacoatzintepec, San Juan Zapotitlán, San Pedro Alianza, Santiago Quetzalapa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Northwestern Chinantec 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 Northwestern Chinantec
- 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
59% adherents
Primary language
Tlacoatzintepec Chinantec · Otomanguean family
98% speak Tlacoatzintepec Chinantec
Gospel resources in Tlacoatzintepec Chinantec
- Bible available, published 2008
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Chinanteco, Tlacoatzintepec)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Northwestern Chinantec
- 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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