People group profile · PG039178
The Tabaa Zapotec of Mexico
The Tabaa Zapotec of Mexico, numbering about 1,500 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 Tabaa Zapotec.
Fast facts
- Country
- Mexico
- Population
- 1,500
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Zapotec
- Primary language
- Tabaa Zapotec (zat)
- Primary religion
- Folk Catholicism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC ?
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Also known as
- Zapoteco Serrano del Sureste Alto
- Region
- Central America, Americas
- Location
- Oaxaca state
Where they live
Gospel status
The Tabaa 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 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Tabaa 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
88% adherents
Primary language
Tabaa Zapotec · Otomanguean family
98% speak Tabaa Zapotec
Gospel resources in Tabaa Zapotec
- Bible available, published 2017
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Zapotec, Tabaa)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Tabaa Zapotec
- 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.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
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