People group profile · PG047319
The Mam of the United States
The Mam of the United States, numbering about 79,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous Maya group living primarily in western Guatemala and parts of southern Mexico.
They are a diaspora people in the Maya people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Mam.
Fast facts
- Country
- United States
- Population
- 79,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Maya
- Primary language
- Mam (mam)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- 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
- Northern America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Mam 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 No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Mam
- 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
70% adherents
Primary language
Mam · Mayan family
100% speak Mam
Gospel resources in Mam
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
- 1980 Bible Society of Guatemala · audio
- 1993 Bible Society of Guatemala · audio
- 2000 Wycliffe Bible Translators · video, audio, text
- 2008 Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc. · audio, text
- 2009 Bible Society of Guatemala · audio
- Asociación Educativa y Cultural Maya · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Mam
- 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.
Mam in other countries
The same people is also reported in 2 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Mam | Guatemala | 340,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Mam | Mexico | 17,500 | No Longer Unreached |
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