The Totontepec Mixe of Mexico

The Totontepec Mixe of Mexico, numbering approximately 10,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as a highland Mixe-speaking indigenous community centered in Totontepec Villa de Morelos in Oaxaca, representing a distinct local expression of the broader Ayuujk (Mixe) ethnolinguistic group, with identity anchored in their dialect, territory, and tradition They are an Indigenous people, with Mixe as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Mixe people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Catholicism. They primarily speak Mixe, Totontepec.

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Mexico
People Cluster: Mixe
Primary Language(s): Mixe, Totontepec (mto)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 10,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG039105
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

49%
%
Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Mixe, Totontepec
Language Family: Mixe-Zoque

95%
%
Mixe, Totontepec Speakers

Media Resources in Mixe, Totontepec:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Mixe, Totontepec:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1990 Edition

1 entry

Or check out the Mixe, Totontepec bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Totontepec 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.

Next steps for the Totontepec Mixe:
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 Totontepec Mixe of Mexico

Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth.
readPsalm 67:4

Pray that those who are lost in darkness and confusion will come to understand God's ways, submit to His righteous rule, and experience the joy of His salvation.

"Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool."
readIsaiah 1:18

Pray that God will make a way for the gospel to reach many through means they can understand and access, that they will receive the good news with joy, and that they will experience complete forgiveness and cleansing from their sin that Jesus offers through His sacrifice.

Turn, O LORD, deliver my life; save me for the sake of your steadfast love.
readPsalm 6:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and still struggle with the worries of this life, God will deliver them from worry for the sake of His steadfast love.

Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who stand by night in the house of the LORD!
readPsalm 134:1

Pray that God will raise up believers among them who are in awe of Him and that, in service to Him, they will share the gospel with others so that they too may bless the Lord!

Mixe, Totontepec Across Countries (ROP3 - 107452) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

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