People group profile · PG049270
The Yaitepec Chatino of the United States
The Yaitepec Chatino of the United States, numbering about 600 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of United States; a dialect subgroup of Western Highland Chatino (ctp).
They are a diaspora people in the Zapotec people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism, and they primarily speak Western Highland Chatino.
Fast facts
- Country
- United States
- Population
- 600
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Zapotec
- Primary language
- Western Highland Chatino (ctp)
- Primary religion
- Roman Catholicism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Northern America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Yaitepec Chatino 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 Yaitepec Chatino
- 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
95% adherents
Primary language
Western Highland Chatino · Otomanguean family
100% speak Western Highland Chatino
Gospel resources in Western Highland Chatino
- Bible available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 1992 The Bible League · text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Yaitepec Chatino
- 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.
- 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.
Yaitepec Chatino in other countries
The same people is also reported in 1 other country.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yaitepec Chatino | Mexico | 6,700 | Engaged yet Unreached |
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