People group profile · PG039112
The Ayutla Mixtec of Mexico
The Ayutla Mixtec of Mexico, numbering about 26,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethno-linguistic subgroup of the Mixtec, an indigenous Mesoamerican people of Mexico.
They are an indigenous people in the Mixtec people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Catholicism, and they primarily speak Ayutla Mixtec.
Fast facts
- Country
- Mexico
- Population
- 26,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Mixtec
- Primary language
- Ayutla Mixtec (miy)
- Primary religion
- Folk Catholicism
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- Central America, Americas
- Location
- Guerrero: Ayutla and scattered in about 30 mountain towns
Where they live
Gospel status
The Ayutla Mixtec are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Ayutla Mixtec
- Continue prayer and fasting for this group
- Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
- Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people
Primary religion
Folk Catholicism · Christianity
96% adherents
Primary language
Ayutla Mixtec · Otomanguean family
85% speak Ayutla Mixtec
Gospel resources in Ayutla Mixtec
- Bible available, published 2022
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Mixtec, Ayutla)
Bibles
- 2016 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Ayutla Mixtec
- 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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