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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Guerrero Amuzgo of Mexico

The Guerrero Amuzgo of Mexico, numbering approximately 82,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Mexico and can also be known as Guerrero Amuzgo, amuzgo del sur, amuzgo de norte, Guerrero Amuzgo, Nomndaa, Nomndaa, Ñomndaa, Nomndaa; Ñomndaa; Guerrero Amuzgo; amuzgo de norte; amuzgo del sur. They are an Indigenous people, in the Mixtec people cluster of the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Christianity - Folk Catholicism. They primarily speak Amuzgo, Guerrero.

Guerrero Amuzgo in Mexico photo
Photo courtesy of Joshua Project. Photo Source: Wikimedia - Tlacoache Wikimedia - Tlacoache Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: American Peoples
Country: Mexico
People Cluster: Mixtec
Primary Language(s): Amuzgo, Guerrero (amu)
Primary Religion(s): Christianity - Folk Catholicism
Population: 82,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG039046

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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: Amuzgo, Guerrero
Language Family: Otomanguean

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Amuzgo, Guerrero Speakers

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Next steps for the Guerrero Amuzgo

The Guerrero Amuzgo 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 Guerrero Amuzgo

The Guerrero Amuzgo 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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Next steps for the Guerrero Amuzgo

The Guerrero Amuzgo 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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For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or?rulers?or authoritiesóall things were created through him and for him.
readColossians 1:16

Pray for those who are lost among them, that they will come to know the One who created all things and holds all things together.

Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
readPsalm 47:6

Pray that believers will have a heart to invite others to trust in Christ alone so that they might sing praises to His name.

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
readColossians 3:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
readJohn 12:24

Pray that God will raise up men and women who are willing to die to their own desires, bearing much fruit for the kingdom among individuals and in places where His gospel has not been proclaimed.

Amuzgo, Guerrero reported in the following countries (ROP3):

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