People group profile · PG039183
The San Pedro Quiatoni Zapotec of Mexico
The San Pedro Quiatoni Zapotec of Mexico, numbering about 13,500 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 San Pedro Quiatoni Zapotec.
Fast facts
- Country
- Mexico
- Population
- 13,500
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Zapotec
- Primary language
- San Pedro Quiatoni Zapotec (zpf)
- 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
- Region
- Central America, Americas
- Location
- Oaxaca: Salinas, San Pedro Quiatoni, Unión Juárez, and 20 nearby settlements
Where they live
Gospel status
The San Pedro Quiatoni 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 San Pedro Quiatoni 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
87% adherents
Primary language
San Pedro Quiatoni Zapotec · Otomanguean family
93% speak San Pedro Quiatoni Zapotec
Gospel resources in San Pedro Quiatoni Zapotec
- Bible available, published 2017
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Zapotec, San Pedro Quiatoni)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the San Pedro Quiatoni Zapotec
- 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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