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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Zoogocho-Yatzachi Zapotec of Mexico

The Zoogocho-Yatzachi Zapotec of Mexico, numbering approximately 4,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguisic subgroup of the Zapotec, an ethnic group indigenous to the state of Oaxaca, Mexico and can also be known as S Bart Zoogocho Zapotec, serrano, del sureste medio, Villa Alta Zapotec, (zpq)Zoogocho, Villa Alta Zapotec, Zapoteco de San Bartolome Zoogocho, Zapoteco, Zapoteco de Yatzachi, Zapoteco de Yatzachi, Zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho; Villa Alta Zapotec; Zapoteco de Yatzachi, (zav)Yatzachi. AltNames: Zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Zoogocho, Zapoteco de San Bartolome Zoogocho, San Bartolome, Zapotec, San Bartolome Zoogocho. They are an Indigenous people, in the Zapotec people cluster of the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Christianity - Folk Catholicism. They primarily speak Zapotec, Zoogocho.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: American Peoples
Country: Mexico
People Cluster: Zapotec
Primary Language(s): Zapotec, Zoogocho (zpq)
Primary Religion(s): Christianity - Folk Catholicism
Population: 4,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG039200

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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: Zapotec, Zoogocho
Language Family: Otomanguean

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Zapotec, Zoogocho Speakers

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Next steps for the Zoogocho-Yatzachi Zapotec

The Zoogocho-Yatzachi Zapotec 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 Zoogocho-Yatzachi Zapotec

The Zoogocho-Yatzachi Zapotec 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 Zoogocho-Yatzachi Zapotec

The Zoogocho-Yatzachi Zapotec 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 the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.
readRomans 1:18

Pray that God will have mercy and open the eyes of those who don't know Jesus, so that they can turn to the One who is able to save them from their sins.

“Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread."
readMatthew 6:10-11

As people go about their daily lives, pray they will have the opportunity to encounter Jesus-followers, receive the gospel, and respond with joy. Pray that, as God provides for their daily needs, He will also bring many into His beautiful kingdom.

This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
readEphesians 5:32-33

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will grasp the profound mystery of Christ's love for the Church, reflecting this love in their marriages.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
read2 Peter 3:9

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will patiently endure hardships as they share the gospel, knowing that the Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise.

Zapotec, Zoogocho reported in the following countries (ROP3):

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