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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Copala Triqui of United States

The Copala Triqui of United States, numbering approximately 6,600 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethno-linguistic subgroup of the Trique, an indigenous Mesoamerican people of Mexico and can also be known as Triqui de San Juan Copala. They are an Diaspora people, in the Mixtec people cluster of the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion - Animism. They primarily speak Triqui, Copala.

Copala Triqui in United States photo
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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: American Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Mixtec
Primary Language(s): Triqui, Copala (trc)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion - Animism
Population: 6,600
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG049291

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion - Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Triqui, Copala
Language Family: Otomanguean

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Triqui, Copala Speakers

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Next steps for the Copala Triqui

The Copala Triqui 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 Copala Triqui

The Copala Triqui 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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Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Next steps for the Copala Triqui

The Copala Triqui 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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Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

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Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
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For I will proclaim the name of the LORD; ascribe greatness to our God!
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Pray that believers will proclaim the Lord’s name and declare the greatness of our God so that others might believe in Him.

Jesus said, ‘Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.
readMark 10:29-30

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will know that when they make sacrifices to follow Jesus, He is there with them and will bless them abundantly in this life and in the life to come.

The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
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Pray for those God might send to share the gospel here. Ask that they will grow closer to Jesus and be compelled to share His good news with people who don't know it.

Trique, Copala reported in the following countries (ROP3):

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