People group profile · PG048658
The Ometepec Nahuatl of Mexico
The Ometepec Nahuatl of Mexico, numbering about 1,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Mexico.
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 Ometepec Nahuatl.
Fast facts
- Country
- Mexico
- Population
- 1,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Aztec
- Primary language
- Ometepec Nahuatl (nht)
- Primary religion
- Folk Catholicism
- 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
- Central America, Americas
- Location
- Guerrero: Acatepec, Arcelia, El Carmen, Quetzalapa de Azoyú, and Rancho de Cuananchinicha; Oaxaca: Juxtlahuaca district, Cruz Alta and San Vicente Piñas; Putla district, Concepción Guerrero
Where they live
Gospel status
The Ometepec Nahuatl 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 Ometepec Nahuatl
- 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
Folk Catholicism · Christianity
92% adherents
Primary language
Ometepec Nahuatl · Uto-Aztecan family
80% speak Ometepec Nahuatl
Gospel resources in Ometepec Nahuatl
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not 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 Ometepec 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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