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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Chichicapan Zapotec of Mexico

The Chichicapan Zapotec of Mexico, numbering approximately 1,900 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguisic subgroup of the Zapotec, an ethnic group indigenous to the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. They are an Indigenous people, in the Zapotec people cluster of the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Christianity - Folk Catholicism. They primarily speak Zapotec, Chichicapan.

Chichicapan Zapotec in Mexico photo
Photo courtesy of Joshua Project. Photo Source: Anonymous

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: American Peoples
Country: Mexico
People Cluster: Zapotec
Primary Language(s): Zapotec, Chichicapan (zpv)
Primary Religion(s): Christianity - Folk Catholicism
Population: 1,900
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG039198

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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: Zapotec, Chichicapan
Language Family: Otomanguean

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Zapotec, Chichicapan Speakers

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Next steps for the Chichicapan Zapotec

The Chichicapan Zapotec 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 Chichicapan Zapotec

The Chichicapan Zapotec 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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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

Next steps for the Chichicapan Zapotec

The Chichicapan Zapotec 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

Pray specifically for the Chichicapan Zapotec of Mexico

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
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Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
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Pray that many will see clearly that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, and put their trust in Him.

Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.
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Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving, as they bring needs before the Lord.

O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
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Pray that God will raise up people who love Him and are able and willing to go to and share the hope of the gospel with those who don't know it. Pray that everyone will see His name as majestic in all the earth!

Zapotec, Chichicapan (ROP3 - 102853) reported in the following countries:

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