People group profile · PG039088
The Lacandon of Mexico
The Lacandon of Mexico, numbering about 1,400 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Mexico.
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 Lacandon.
Fast facts
- Country
- Mexico
- Population
- 1,400
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Maya
- Primary language
- Lacandon (lac)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 15% or Greater but Less than 20%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Central America, Americas
- Location
- Chiapas: Betel, Lacanjá San Quintín, Lake Metzaboc, Metzaboc, Najá
Where they live
Gospel status
The Lacandon 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 Lacandon
- 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
64% adherents
Primary language
Lacandon · Mayan family
96% speak Lacandon
Gospel resources in Lacandon
- Bible available, published 2014
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- La Liga Bíblica 1978 · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Lacandon
- 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.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
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