People group profile · PG039106
The Quetzaltepec Mixe of Mexico
The Quetzaltepec Mixe of Mexico, numbering about 10,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a culturally conservative Mixe people of the Oaxaca highlands in Mexico who pride themselves on never having been militarily conquered, first reached peacefully by Dominican missionaries in 1555.
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 Quetzaltepec Mixe.
Fast facts
- Country
- Mexico
- Population
- 10,500
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Mixe
- Primary language
- Quetzaltepec Mixe (pxm)
- Primary religion
- Folk Catholicism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Central America, Americas
- Location
- Oaxaca: northeast Mixe district
Where they live
Gospel status
The Quetzaltepec 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 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Quetzaltepec 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
64% adherents
Primary language
Quetzaltepec Mixe · Bookkeeping family
100% speak Quetzaltepec Mixe
Gospel resources in Quetzaltepec Mixe
- Bible available, published 2013
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 2013 Sociedad Bíblica de México, A.C. · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Quetzaltepec Mixe
- 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.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
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