People group profile · PG039115
The Chayuco Mixtec of Mexico
The Chayuco Mixtec of Mexico, numbering about 14,000 people, are No Longer 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 Chayuco Mixtec.

Fast facts
- Country
- Mexico
- Population
- 14,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Mixtec
- Primary language
- Chayuco Mixtec (mih)
- 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: Saint Catarina Mechoacán and San Agustín Chayuco municipalities
Where they live
Gospel status
The Chayuco Mixtec 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 Chayuco Mixtec
- 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
92% adherents
Primary language
Chayuco Mixtec · Otomanguean family
93% speak Chayuco Mixtec
Gospel resources in Chayuco Mixtec
- Bible available, published 2018
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 2018 Unión Nacional de Traductores Indígenas A.C. · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Chayuco Mixtec
- 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.
- 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.
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