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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Quetzaltepec Mixe of Mexico

The Quetzaltepec Mixe of Mexico, numbering approximately 10,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Mexicoand can also be known as Mixe Chuxnaban, Mixe Juquila, Central Mixe. They are an Indigenous people, in the Mixe people cluster of the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Christianity - Folk Catholicism. They primarily speak Mixe, Quetzaltepec.

Quetzaltepec Mixe in Mexico photo
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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: American Peoples
Country: Mexico
People Cluster: Mixe
Primary Language(s): Mixe, Quetzaltepec (pxm)
Primary Religion(s): Christianity - Folk Catholicism
Population: 10,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG039106

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Christianity - Folk Catho… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Mixe, Quetzaltepec
Language Family: Mixe-Zoquean

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Mixe, Quetzaltepec Speakers

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Next steps for the Quetzaltepec Mixe

The Quetzaltepec Mixe are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

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Next steps for the Quetzaltepec Mixe

The Quetzaltepec Mixe are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

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Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Next steps for the Quetzaltepec Mixe

The Quetzaltepec Mixe are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

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For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
readEphesians 6:12

Pray for those ensnared by the darkness of this world, that they will recognize the spiritual forces at work and turn to the light of Christ.

He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.
readIsaiah 40:11

Pray that the lost will come to know the tender care of the Good Shepherd, who gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart.

The LORD bless you and keep you.
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Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be blessed with God's grace, trusting that He will never abandon them.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
readRomans 1:16

Pray that God will raise up sons and daughters who, like Paul, will be bold to share the gospel across cultural barriers so that many might receive salvation.

Mixe, Quetzaltepec reported in the following countries (ROP3):

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