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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Quetzaltepec Mixe of Mexico

The Quetzaltepec Mixe of Mexico, numbering approximately 10,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic community of Mexico 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, Quetzaltepec.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Mixe, Quetzaltepec

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Mexico
People Cluster: Mixe
Primary Language(s): Mixe, Quetzaltepec (pxm)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 10,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG039106
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

64%
%
Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Mixe, Quetzaltepec
Language Family: Bookkeeping

100%
%
Mixe, Quetzaltepec Speakers

Media Resources in Mixe, Quetzaltepec:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Mixe, Quetzaltepec:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2013 Sociedad Bíblica de México, A.C.✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Quetzaltepec 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 Quetzaltepec 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 Quetzaltepec Mixe of Mexico

The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
readPsalm 19:1

Pray that those who are lost will look to the heavens and see the glory of God displayed, leading them to seek Him and know Him as their Creator and Savior.

I sought the LORD, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.
readPsalm 34:4

Pray for each who becomes a child of God to share the hope of eternity with family and friends.

For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
read2 Corinthians 12:10

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will embrace their weaknesses, hardships, and difficulties, having hope because Christ's power is made perfect in their weakness.

And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven."
readMatthew 16:17

Pray that God who is in heaven will place believers in the lives of people who need to encounter the gospel and that He will reveal to them the truth of what they hear.

Mixe, Quetzaltepec Across Countries (ROP3 - 107429) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
Quetzaltepec MixePG039106Quetzaltepec MixeMexico10,500No Longer UnreachedMixe, QuetzaltepecFolk Catholicism

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