People group profile · PG039103
The North Central Mixe of Mexico
The North Central Mixe of Mexico, numbering about 77,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Mexico.
They are an indigenous people in the Mixe people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Catholicism, and they primarily speak North Central Mixe.
Fast facts
- Country
- Mexico
- Population
- 77,500
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Mixe
- Primary language
- North Central Mixe (neq)
- Primary religion
- Folk Catholicism
- 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
- Region
- Central America, Americas
- Location
- Oaxaca: northeast Mixe district, towns including those listed as dialects
Where they live
Gospel status
The North Central Mixe 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 North Central Mixe
- 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
82% adherents
Primary language
North Central Mixe · Mixe-Zoque family
89% speak North Central Mixe
Gospel resources in North Central Mixe
- Bible available, published 2008
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Atitlan Mixe)
Bibles
- 2008 Bible League International · audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the North Central Mixe
- 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.
- 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.
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