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The Amoltepec-Ixtayutla Mixtec of Mexico

The Amoltepec-Ixtayutla Mixtec of Mexico, numbering approximately 30,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached.
They are described as an ethno-linguistic subgroup of the Mixtec, an indigenous Mesoamerican people of Mexico and can also be known as Northeastern Jamiltepec Mixtec, Western Sola de Vega Mixtec, Mixteco de Santiago Ixtayutla, Mixteco de Amoltepec.
They are an Indigenous people, with Mixtec as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Mixtec people cluster of the Latin-Caribbean Americans.
Their primary religion is Christianity - Folk Catholicism.
They primarily speak Mixtec, Amoltepec.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Amoltepec-Ixtayutla Mixtec 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.

Unreached yet Engaged

The Amoltepec-Ixtayutla Mixtec 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.

No longer Unreached

The Amoltepec-Ixtayutla Mixtec 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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