People group profile · PG039127
The Northwest Oaxaca Mixtec of Mexico
The Northwest Oaxaca Mixtec of Mexico, numbering about 8,500 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 Northwest Oaxaca Mixtec.
Fast facts
- Country
- Mexico
- Population
- 8,500
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Mixtec
- Primary language
- Northwest Oaxaca Mixtec (mxa)
- 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 ?
- Pioneer Unreached People Group
- Region
- Central America, Americas
- Location
- Oaxaca: Guadalupe Portezuelo, San Simón Zahuatlán, and Santos Reyes Yucuná
Where they live
Gospel status
The Northwest Oaxaca 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 Northwest Oaxaca 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
97% adherents
Primary language
Northwest Oaxaca Mixtec · Otomanguean family
94% speak Northwest Oaxaca Mixtec
Gospel resources in Northwest Oaxaca Mixtec
- Bible available, published 2008
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories available
Films
- JESUS (Mixteco, Northwest Oaxaca)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Northwest Oaxaca Mixtec
- 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.
- 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.
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