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Purepecha, Sierra Occidental of Mexico

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Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
202,000	Purepecha, Western Highland	Ethnic Religions	45.00 %	5.00 %	Not available	Not available	3.1

Purepecha, Sierra Occidental of Mexico

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Text source: Anonymous Click here for expanded PDF profile Expanded Text source: Anonymous Introduction / History The Western Highland Purepecha were christianized as part of Spanish Conquista. The church ideas were assimilated by Purepecha people but not understood well until the 20th century. Mass was held in Latin until the 1950s, then Spanish. More recently Mass is sometimes in Purepecha but usually still in Spanish. Evanglicals use more Purepecha, but even there it is often Spanish because there are no Bible schools in Purepecha yet. Scripture portions were translated in the 1580s, the New Testament in 1968 and the whole Bible is now being translated as a United Bible Society project. The people are open to the Gospel when presented appropriately. The Purepecha are mostly modernized (mobile phones, CD, television, radio, post-secondary education, etc.) but there are also areas that are still less developed (no plumbing, minimal education, etc.). Click here for expanded PDF profile Expanded Text source: Anonymous View Purepecha, Sierra Occidental in all countries.
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Michoacan
(Source: COMIMEX, 2004)

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Peoples ^[3]

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People Name in Country:

Purepecha, Sierra Occidental

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Alternate People Names:

Tarasco

114871

18910

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Population in Country:

202,000

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Ethnicity

People Name General:

MIR37g

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Primary Language:

(202,000 Speakers)

pua

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism	0.00 %
Christianity	45.00 %	(Evangelical: 5.00 %)
Ethnic Religions	55.00 %
Hinduism	0.00 %
Islam	0.00 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.00 %
Unknown	0.00 %

Christianity Segments:

Anglican	0.00 %
Independent	0.00 %
Protestant	0.00 %
Orthodox	0.00 %
Other Christian	0.00 %
Roman Catholic	100.00 %

(Evangelicals distributed across Christianity segments)

Progress Indicators ^[5]

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3.1

Level 2 Sporadic knowledge of the Gospel

Level 2 Less than 2% Evangelical. Initial (localized) church planting within past 2 years

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

2009

New Testament:

1968

Complete Bible:

None Reported

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Audio Recordings	MegaVoice Audio Bible and Stories
Audio Recordings	Global Recordings

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