People group profile · PG039121
The Penoles Mixtec of Mexico
The Penoles Mixtec of Mexico, numbering about 9,500 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 Peñoles Mixtec.
Fast facts
- Country
- Mexico
- Population
- 9,500
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Mixtec
- Primary language
- Peñoles Mixtec (mil)
- Primary religion
- Folk Catholicism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 10% or Greater but Less than 15%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Central America, Americas
- Location
- Oaxaca: Santa María Peñoles municipality, Cholula, Huazolotipac, and Monteflor agencies
Where they live
Gospel status
The Penoles 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 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Penoles 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
71% adherents
Primary language
Peñoles Mixtec · Otomanguean family
97% speak Peñoles Mixtec
Gospel resources in Peñoles Mixtec
- Bible available, published 2012
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Mixteco, Eastern)
Bibles
- 2002, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Penoles Mixtec
- 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.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
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