A Few Facts on the Mixteco People Group
They are from Mexico but they are not Hispanic.
Their heart language is Mixteco not Spanish.
They are an oral people, there is no written word.
They are a native people, the first peoples of that area.
They are mostly from the state of Guerrero and are from the mountains.
There are an estimated 100,000 in New York City alone.
They are very hard workers and love and appreciate their families.
They are the LARGEST Unreached, Unengaged People Group in the Americas according to the International Mission Board.
A lot of them were trafficked into the United States with the promise of jobs, wealth and health. Many women and girls, over the years, have been taken as slaves here in America and used for prostitution and other heinous crimes against them.
And they are in Alabama.
There is an estimated 3000 in Central Alabama alone. Who knows how many in the state. I would not be surprised if the numbers were around 10,000 and that might be thinking small.
Many, who ended up in Alabama have come here because the climate is similar, the labor and field jobs are available. MANY are here working to take care of parents back in the mountains of southern Mexico.
In January, 2015, the Montgomery Baptist Association, the Montgomery Mixteco Task Force and the International Mission Board partnered together to have a National Mixteco Summit for churches and ministries who work with this people group in the United States. Over 70 people came for the first meeting from Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee and Virginia. We felt it would be appropriate to form an National Summit of Christians who are reaching Mixtecos in the United States. We have started by forming a Facebook Prayer Page which you are invited to join.
The link to our Facebook page is this:
We are trying to gather information on where the rest of the Mixtecos might be in Alabama. We know of pockets in Montgomery, Brundidge, Union Springs, Troy, Birmingham, Clanton and Jasper.
Do you serve any Mixtecos?
Here is a picture of what most of them look like....they are different than most Mexicans.
If you or anyone in your area is serving this population, contact:
Lisa Rose
Montgomery Baptist Association
334-271-6794 lrose@mgmbaptist.org
OR
Kristy Kennedy at ALSBOM
800-264-1225
kkennedy@alsbom.org
: 1-800-264-1225
: 1-800-264-1225
