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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

Join others around the world in praying for the lost to be saved, the gospel to advance, the global Church to grow, and for laborers to be sent out and sustained in the harvest.

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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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1 film

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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

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
readJohn 14:6

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will recognize Him as the only way to the Father and follow Him in faith.

For I will proclaim the name of the LORD; ascribe greatness to our God!
readDeuteronomy 32:3

Pray that believers will proclaim the Lord’s name and declare the greatness of our God so that others might believe in Him.

Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his presence continually!
readPsalm 105:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and may feel weak in their current circumstances, they will seek the Lord's presence and persevere in the Lord's strength.

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.
readLuke 10:1

Ask God to raise up, send out, and sustain Christians who can go together to share the good news of Jesus with those who need it.

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

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2 people groups

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

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