People group profile · PG049309
The Tzotzils of the United States
The Tzotzils of the United States, numbering about 77,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Mayan ethnolinguistic community indigenous to the central highlands of Chiapas, Mexico.
They are a diaspora people in the Maya people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism, and they primarily speak Tzotzil.
Fast facts
- Country
- United States
- Population
- 77,500
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Maya
- Primary language
- Tzotzil (tzo)
- Primary religion
- Roman Catholicism
- 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 Tzotzils 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 Tzotzils
- 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
Roman Catholicism · Christianity
63% adherents
Primary language
Tzotzil · Mayan family
88% speak Tzotzil
Gospel resources in Tzotzil
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Tzotzil, Chamula)
Bibles
- 1997 Bible Society of Mexico · audio
- 2000 Bible Society of Mexico · audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Tzotzils
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- 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.
Tzotzils in other countries
The same people is also reported in 1 other country.
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