Tzotzil, Zinacantan in Mexico
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| People Name: | Tzotzil, Zinacantan |
| Country: | Mexico |
| 10/40 Window: | No |
| Population: | 38,000 |
| World Population: | 38,000 |
| Primary Language: | Tzotzil |
| Primary Religion: | Christianity |
| Christian Adherents: | 97.00 % |
| Evangelicals: | 3.20 % |
| Scripture: | Complete Bible |
| Ministry Resources: | Yes |
| Jesus Film: | Yes |
| Audio Recordings: | Yes |
| People Cluster: | Maya |
| Affinity Bloc: | Latin-Caribbean Americans |
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Introduction / History
They are one of six Tzeltal groups, divided by location, but all live in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas. Chiapas is on the border with Guatemala.
What Are Their Lives Like?
There is so much poverty in the Zinacantan Tzeltal homeland that many are leaving to earn a living elsewhere. Their hometown is half indigenous and half Mestizo.
What Are Their Beliefs?
The Zinacantan Tzeltal are Christianized, but less than two percent Evangelical. Traditionally they have been Roman Catholic, but the Jehovah s Witnesses and Mormons are making inroads into their communities. There is a complete Bible in their language, but the Book of Mormon is being translated for them as well.
What Are Their Needs?
The Zinacantan Tzeltal people need to understand and embrace a Christ-centered theology. They need a higher literacy rate both in Spanish and their Tzotzil language.
Prayer Points
Pray for the Zinacantan Tzeltal to become literate in their own language, and willing to study the Bible in it.
Pray for their spiritual confusion to be replaced by Christ-centered lives.
Pray for Zinacantan Tzeltal disciples to make more disciples who will make even more disciples.