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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Estonians of Kazakhstan

The Estonians of Kazakhstan, numbering approximately 2,400 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are described as a Finnic people of the eastern Baltic coast, speakers of Estonian, historically Lutheran but among the least religious populations in Europe, with a revived pre-Christian Maausk tradition and strong song-festival and sauna traditions They are an Diaspora people, with Estonian as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Finno-Ugric people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. Their primary religion is Agnosticism. They primarily speak Estonian, Standard.

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Kazakhstan
People Cluster: Finno-Ugric
Primary Language(s): Estonian, Standard (ekk)
Primary Religion(s): Agnosticism
Population: 2,400
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG024267

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Agnosticism
Religious Affiliation: Unaffiliated

58%
%
Agnosticism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Estonian, Standard
Language Family: Uralic

100%
%
Estonian, Standard Speakers

Media Resources in Estonian, Standard:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Estonian, Standard:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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Or check out the Estonian, Standard bible at Bible.com

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), 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.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

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Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
readJohn 3:18

Pray for those who are living under the burden of their sin to believe in Jesus, the only Son of God, and receive freedom.

I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.
readDaniel 7:13-14

Pray that the gospel will advance so that all peoples will come to know the Son of Man, who has been given dominion and glory and a kingdom, and that they will bow before Him and serve Him forever.

It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the LORD; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”
readIsaiah 25:9

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will proclaim and rejoice in His salvation.

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
readEphesians 6:11

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will put on the full armor of God so that they will be able to stand against the schemes of the enemy.

Estonian Across Countries (ROP3 - 102954) reported in the following countries:

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7 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
EstoniansPG000779EstoniansEstonia900,000No Longer UnreachedEstonian, StandardAgnosticism
EstoniansPG000552EstoniansSweden13,500Unengaged and UnreachedEstonian, StandardAgnosticism
EstoniansPG000629EstoniansUnited Kingdom13,000Unengaged and UnreachedEstonian, StandardAgnosticism
EstoniansPG043392EstoniansCanada10,500No Longer UnreachedEstonian, StandardAgnosticism
EstoniansPG043235EstoniansUnited States7,200Engaged yet UnreachedEstonian, StandardAgnosticism
EstoniansPG024267EstoniansKazakhstan2,400Unengaged and UnreachedEstonian, StandardAgnosticism
EstoniansPG024673EstoniansUzbekistan1,600Unengaged and UnreachedEstonian, StandardAgnosticism

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

*Peoplegroups.org relies on updates from the field and other organizations for much of our data, so if you have any updates, please contact us. We use various international naming standards. For a list of these standards and fields, visit our Data Standards section.

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