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The Western Oaxaca Mixtec of Mexico

The Western Oaxaca Mixtec of Mexico, numbering approximately 67,000 people, are No Longer Unreached.
They are described as an ethno-linguistic subgroup of the Mixtec, an indigenous Mesoamerican people of Mexico and can also be known as Western Juxtlahuaca, Juxtlahuaca; Mixtec, Juxtlahuaca, Mixtec, Tezoatlán, Coicoyán Mixtec, Huajuapan, Central Juxtlahuaca Mixtec, Silacayoapan, Mixteco de Juxtlahuaca, Mixtec, Mixtec, Silacayoapan Mixtec, Tezoatlán; Mixtec, Silacayoapan; Mixtec, Juxtlahuaca, Mixteco de Tezoatlán de Segura y Luna, Mixtec.
They are an Indigenous people, with Mixtec as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Mixtec people cluster of the Latin-Caribbean Americans.
Their primary religion is Christianity - Folk Catholicism.
They primarily speak Mixtec, Silacayoapan.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Western Oaxaca Mixtec 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.

Unreached yet Engaged

The Western Oaxaca Mixtec 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.

No longer Unreached

The Western Oaxaca Mixtec 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.

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readJohn 4:13-14

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will drink of the living water that only Christ can provide and never thirst again.

The people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.
readMatthew 4:16

Pray that those who dwell in darkness and live in the land of the shadow of death may be drawn out of darkness into His marvelous light.

The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
readLamentations 3:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the goodness of the Lord as they wait on Him to answer their cries for help.

And the King will answer them, "Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me."
readMatthew 25:40

Ask God to raise up and send believers who will serve "the least of these" with compassion and energy because they know that in serving those in need, they are serving Christ.

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