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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The San Pedro Amuzgo of Mexico

The San Pedro Amuzgo of Mexico, numbering approximately 7,200 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Mexico and can also be known as San Pedro, Oaxaca Amuzgo, Oaxaca Amuzgo, Amuzgo, Amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos; Oaxaca Amuzgo; Amuzgo, Amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Putla, amuzgo alto del este, Putla; amuzgo alto del este, Amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos. They are an Indigenous people, in the Mixtec people cluster of the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Christianity - Folk Catholicism. They primarily speak Amuzgo, San Pedro Amuzgos.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: American Peoples
Country: Mexico
People Cluster: Mixtec
Primary Language(s): Amuzgo, San Pedro Amuzgos (azg)
Primary Religion(s): Christianity - Folk Catholicism
Population: 7,200
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG039044

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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: Amuzgo, San Pedro Amuzgos
Language Family: Otomanguean

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Amuzgo, San Pedro Amuzgos Speakers

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Next steps for the San Pedro Amuzgo

The San Pedro Amuzgo 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 San Pedro Amuzgo

The San Pedro Amuzgo 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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Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Next steps for the San Pedro Amuzgo

The San Pedro Amuzgo 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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We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
readRomans 6:4

Pray that those who need to surrender their lives to Christ will confess their sins and trust in Him, being united with Him in His death and resurrection, walking in newness of life.

The LORD watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
readPsalm 146:9

Pray for God to watch over people, wherever they are, and cause them to meet believers who will share the gospel with them clearly and lovingly.

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.

For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.
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When any who might believe suffer for the sake of the gospel, ask God to deepen their understanding of His grace so that they may share it freely with those who have not received it.

Amuzgo, San Pedro Amuzgos reported in the following countries (ROP3):

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