People group profile · PG039083
The Western Huave of Mexico
The Western Huave of Mexico, numbering about 24,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are one of the four main subgroups of the Huave people, an Indigenous group in Oaxaca, Mexico, who speak languages from the Huavean family (an isolate, unrelated to other Mesoamerican languages).
They are an indigenous people in the Central American Indigenous people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Catholicism, and they primarily speak San Mateo Del Mar Huave.
Fast facts
- Country
- Mexico
- Population
- 24,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Central American Indigenous
- Primary language
- San Mateo Del Mar Huave (huv)
- Primary religion
- Folk Catholicism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 10% or Greater but Less than 15%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Central America, Americas
- Location
- Oaxaca: San Mateo del Mar; southeast coast
Where they live
Gospel status
The Western Huave 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 Western Huave
- 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
68% adherents
Primary language
San Mateo Del Mar Huave · Huavean family
93% speak San Mateo Del Mar Huave
Gospel resources in San Mateo Del Mar Huave
- Bible available, published 2009
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Huave, San Mateo Del Mar)
Bibles
- 1996 Bible League International · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Western Huave
- 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.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
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