People group profile · PG047178
The Tenango Nahuatl of the United States
The Tenango Nahuatl of the United States, numbering about 7,800 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an indigenous ethnic group of Aztec ancestry native to Mexico.
They are a diaspora people in the Aztec people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism, and they primarily speak Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl.
Fast facts
- Country
- United States
- Population
- 7,800
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Aztec
- Primary language
- Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl (nhi)
- Primary religion
- Roman Catholicism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- Northern America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Tenango Nahuatl 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 No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Tenango Nahuatl
- 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
Roman Catholicism · Christianity
94% adherents
Primary language
Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl · Uto-Aztecan family
100% speak Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl
Gospel resources in Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Nahuatl, Zacatlan-Ahuacatlan-Tepetzintla)
Bibles
- 2011 Wycliffe · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Tenango Nahuatl
- 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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