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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Southeastern Puebla Nahuatl of Mexico

The Southeastern Puebla Nahuatl of Mexico, numbering approximately 296,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Nahua people of southeastern Puebla and neighboring Veracruz whose identity derives from the Aztec Nahua heritage and is expressed through the Tehuacan-Zongolica variety of the Nahuatl language. They mostly adhere to Folk Catholicism and Southeastern Puebla Nahuatl is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Mexico
People Cluster: Aztec
Primary Language(s): Southeastern Puebla Nahuatl (npl)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 296,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG039193
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Pray for the Southeastern Puebla Nahuatl of Mexico

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

89%
%
Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Southeastern Puebla Nahuatl
Language Family: Uto-Aztecan

79%
%
Nahuatl, Southeastern Puebla Speakers

Media Resources in Southeastern Puebla Nahuatl:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Southeastern Puebla Nahuatl:

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1 entry

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Southeastern Puebla Nahuatl 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 Southeastern Puebla Nahuatl:
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 Southeastern Puebla Nahuatl of Mexico

And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
readJohn 3:19

Pray that God will have mercy on those who love the darkness they are walking in and turn from their sin to faith in Christ.

He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.
readIsaiah 40:11

Pray that the lost will come to know the tender care of the Good Shepherd, who gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart.

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
readPhilippians 1:6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be assured that God will complete the good work He has begun in them until the day of Christ's return.

You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.
read2 Corinthians 1:11

Pray that many people will join in praying for the spread of the gospel here, and that God will answer these prayers by drawing more people to Himself.

Nahuatl, Southeastern Puebla Across Countries (ROP3 - 107021) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Southeastern Puebla NahuatlPG039193Southeastern Puebla NahuatlMexico296,000No Longer UnreachedSoutheastern Puebla NahuatlFolk Catholicism
Southeastern Puebla NahuatlPG049282Southeastern Puebla NahuatlUnited States29,500No Longer UnreachedSoutheastern Puebla NahuatlRoman Catholicism

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