People group profile · PG039104
The Tlahuitoltepec Mixe of Mexico
The Tlahuitoltepec Mixe of Mexico, numbering about 18,500 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 Tlahuitoltepec Mixe.
Fast facts
- Country
- Mexico
- Population
- 18,500
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Mixe
- Primary language
- Tlahuitoltepec Mixe (mxp)
- 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
- Minimally Reached People Group
- Region
- Central America, Americas
- Location
- Oaxaca: Albarradas Zapoteco area. 3 towns
Where they live
Gospel status
The Tlahuitoltepec 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 Concentrated Church Planting
Next steps for the Tlahuitoltepec 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
96% adherents
Primary language
Tlahuitoltepec Mixe · Mixe-Zoque family
97% speak Tlahuitoltepec Mixe
Gospel resources in Tlahuitoltepec Mixe
- Bible available, published 2009
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Tlahuitoltepec Mixe
- 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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