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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

Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming.
readColossians 3:5-6

Pray for God to have mercy and give those who don't yet know Him the gift of Jesus and His salvation for all who call upon His name.

And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed. And the word of the Lord was spreading throughout the whole region.
readActs 13:48-49

Pray that the gospel will spread throughout this whole region and that many will believe and embrace the gift of eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ.

For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins.
readHebrews 10:26

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will live with reverence for God and not deliberately keep sinning after they receive the knowledge of the truth.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
readRomans 1:16

Pray that God will raise up sons and daughters who, like Paul, will be bold to share the gospel across cultural barriers so that many might receive salvation.

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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