People group profile · PG047346
The Zapotec of the United States
The Zapotec of the United States, numbering about 3,500 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 a diaspora people in the Zapotec people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Western Tlacolula Valley Zapotec.
Fast facts
- Country
- United States
- Population
- 3,500
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Zapotec
- Primary language
- Western Tlacolula Valley Zapotec (zab)
- 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 ?
- Minimally Reached People Group
- Region
- Northern America, Americas
- Location
- diaspora communities are typically concentrated in urban areas in search of economic and social opportunities
Where they live
Gospel status
The 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 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the 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
Protestantism · Christianity
Primary language
Western Tlacolula Valley Zapotec · Otomanguean family
100% speak Western Tlacolula Valley Zapotec
Gospel resources in Western Tlacolula Valley Zapotec
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Zapoteco, San Juan Guelavia)
Bibles
- 1995, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the 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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