People group profile · PG043542
The Mescalero Apache of the United States
The Mescalero Apache of the United States, numbering about 3,800 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Native American tribe belonging to the Eastern division of the Apache peoples, part of the larger Athabaskan language family.
They are an indigenous people in the North American Indigenous people cluster of the North American Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Mescalero-Chiricahua Apache.
Fast facts
- Country
- United States
- Population
- 3,800
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- North American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Mescalero-Chiricahua Apache (apm)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- 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
- Northern America, Americas
- Location
- New Mexico: Mescalero Reservation; Oklahoma: some Chiricahua at Fort Sill
Where they live
Gospel status
The Mescalero Apache 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 No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Mescalero Apache
- 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
Protestantism · Christianity
Primary language
Mescalero-Chiricahua Apache · Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit family
50% speak Mescalero-Chiricahua Apache
Gospel resources in Mescalero-Chiricahua Apache
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Mescalero Apache
- 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.
- 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.
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