People group profile · PG050648
The Zia Pueblo of the United States
The Zia Pueblo of the United States, numbering about 800 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Native American community located in north-central New Mexico.
They are an indigenous people in the North American Indigenous people cluster of the North American Peoples. Their primary religion is Native American religions, and they primarily speak Eastern Keres.
Fast facts
- Country
- United States
- Population
- 800
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- North American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Eastern Keres (kee)
- Primary religion
- Native American religions
- 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 ?
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Also known as
- Tsíiyʼa
- Region
- Northern America, Americas
- Location
- New Mexico: about 20 miles northwest of Bernalillo
Where they live
Gospel status
The Zia Pueblo 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 Zia Pueblo
- 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
Native American religions · Ethnoreligion
50% adherents
Primary language
Eastern Keres · Keresan family
100% speak Eastern Keres
Pray for the Zia Pueblo
- 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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