People group profile · PG048656
The Durango Nahuatl of Mexico
The Durango Nahuatl of Mexico, numbering about 1,600 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Nahuatl-speaking enclave of San Pedro Jicora in Durango, Mexico, likely descended from Tlaxcaltecan allies the Spanish resettled among Tepehuan and Huichol territory in the 1500s, now reduced to a small remnant community.
They are an indigenous people in the Aztec people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Catholicism, and they primarily speak Western Durango Nahuatl.
Fast facts
- Country
- Mexico
- Population
- 1,600
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Aztec
- Primary language
- Western Durango Nahuatl (azn)
- Primary religion
- Folk 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
- Central America, Americas
- Location
- Durango: Mezquital municipality, Alacranes, Curachitos de Buenavista, San Agustin de Buenaventura, San Diego, Tepalcates, and Tepetates II (Berenjenas); Nayarit: Acaponeta municipality, El Duraznito, La Laguna, Mesa de las Arpas, and Santa Cr
Where they live
Gospel status
The Durango 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 Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Durango 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
Folk Catholicism · Christianity
97% adherents
Primary language
Western Durango Nahuatl · Uto-Aztecan family
60% speak Western Durango Nahuatl
Gospel resources in Western Durango Nahuatl
- Bible available, published 2017
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Durango Nahuatl
- 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.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
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