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The Aguacatec of United States

The Aguacatec of United States, numbering approximately 1,300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous community of Guatemala. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Aguacateco is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Central American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Aguacateco (agu)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 1,300
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG050375

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Aguacateco
Language Family: Mayan

100%
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Awakateko Speakers

Media Resources in Aguacateco:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Aguacateco:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1993 Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc.✓✓✓
Asociación Educativa y Cultural Maya✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Aguacateco bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Aguacatec 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 Aguacatec:
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 Aguacatec of United States

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
readJohn 3:14-15

Pray that the lost among them will look to the One lifted up on the cross, believing in Him and receiving eternal life.

Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia."
readRomans 16:5

Pray for houses to be meeting places for Christians and that God will advance the gospel and grow His Church through natural familial and community relationships.

Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
readHebrews 10:35

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will hold unswervingly to their faith and to their confidence in Christ, which has a great reward.

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
read2 Corinthians 5:21

Pray that Christians will cross cultures and share the hope of Christ, and that many will trust the One who took their sins and offers them His righteousness.

Aguacatec Across Countries (ROP3 - 100122) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▲Religion
AguacatecPG024703AguacatecGuatemala13,500No Longer UnreachedAguacatecoFolk Catholicism
AguacatecPG050375AguacatecUnited States1,300No Longer UnreachedAguacatecoRoman Catholicism

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