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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Zoogocho-Yatzachi Zapotec of United States

The Zoogocho-Yatzachi Zapotec of United States, numbering approximately 1,300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous people of southern Mexico, primarily concentrated in the state of Oaxaca, with a long history of cultural continuity from pre-Columbian times to the present. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Zoogocho Zapotec is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Zapotec
Primary Language(s): Zoogocho Zapotec (zpq)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 1,300
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG049297
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

82%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Zoogocho Zapotec
Language Family: Otomanguean

94%
%
Zapotec, Zoogocho Speakers

Media Resources in Zoogocho Zapotec:

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Bible Resources in Zoogocho Zapotec:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1987 Bible League International✓✓✓

1 entry

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Zoogocho-Yatzachi 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.

Next steps for the Zoogocho-Yatzachi Zapotec:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Zoogocho-Yatzachi Zapotec of United States

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
readRomans 6:4

Pray that those who need to surrender their lives to Christ will confess their sins and trust in Him, being united with Him in His death and resurrection, walking in newness of life.

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
readPsalm 119:105

Pray that they will receive the Word of God as a lamp to their feet and commit their ways to Him.

But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
readHebrews 10:39

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, and faithfully follow God, they will share Christ boldly with those around them.

I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations.
readPsalm 57:9

Pray that God will raise up believers among them who will boldly go and share the gospel with people nearby and with those far away.

Zapotec, Zoogocho Across Countries (ROP3 - 108598) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Zoogocho-Yatzachi ZapotecPG049297Zoogocho-Yatzachi ZapotecUnited States1,300No Longer UnreachedZoogocho ZapotecRoman Catholicism
Zoogocho-Yatzachi ZapotecPG039200Zoogocho-Yatzachi ZapotecMexico4,400No Longer UnreachedZoogocho ZapotecFolk Catholicism

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