People group profile · PG039171
The Santo Domingo Albarradas Zapotec of Mexico
The Santo Domingo Albarradas Zapotec of Mexico, numbering about 6,800 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous people of southern Mexico, primarily concentrated in the state of Oaxaca, with a long history of cultural continuity from pre-Columbian times to the present.
They are an indigenous people in the Zapotec people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Catholicism, and they primarily speak Santo Domingo Albarradas Zapotec.
Fast facts
- Country
- Mexico
- Population
- 6,800
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Zapotec
- Primary language
- Santo Domingo Albarradas Zapotec (zas)
- 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: San Miguel Albarradas, Santa María Albarradas, Santo Domingo Albarradas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Santo Domingo Albarradas Zapotec 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 Santo Domingo Albarradas Zapotec
- 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
Santo Domingo Albarradas Zapotec · Otomanguean family
94% speak Santo Domingo Albarradas Zapotec
Gospel resources in Santo Domingo Albarradas Zapotec
- Bible available, published 2010
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 2010 Bible League International · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Santo Domingo Albarradas Zapotec
- 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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