The Tlahuitoltepec Mixe of Mexico

The Tlahuitoltepec Mixe of Mexico, numbering approximately 18,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Mexico and can also be known as West Central Mixe. They are an Indigenous people, in the Mixe people cluster of the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Christianity - Folk Catholicism. They primarily speak Mixe, Tlahuitoltepec.

Tlahuitoltepec Mixe in Mexico photo
Photo courtesy of Joshua Project. Photo Source: Glenn Welker

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: American Peoples
Country: Mexico
People Cluster: Mixe
Primary Language(s): Mixe, Tlahuitoltepec (mxp)
Primary Religion(s): Christianity - Folk Catholicism
Population: 18,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG039104

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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: Mixe, Tlahuitoltepec
Language Family: Mixe-Zoquean

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Mixe, Tlahuitoltepec Speakers

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Next steps for the Tlahuitoltepec Mixe

The Tlahuitoltepec Mixe 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 Tlahuitoltepec Mixe

The Tlahuitoltepec Mixe 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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Next steps for the Tlahuitoltepec Mixe

The Tlahuitoltepec Mixe 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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Praise the God who is able to make a way forward, even when it seems impossible. Ask Him to do a new thing among this people group specifically and among the nations, raising up believers to go and share the gospel with individuals and places where it has not flourished before.

Mixe, Tlahuitoltepec reported in the following countries (ROP3):

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