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The Bulgarians of Uzbekistan

The Bulgarians of Uzbekistan, numbering approximately 1,800 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a South Slavic people of the Balkan Peninsula whose identity emerged through the historical blending of Slavic-speaking populations with earlier Balkan inhabitants, particularly the Thracians, and the medieval Bulgars from whom they derive their name. They mostly adhere to Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Bulgarian is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: Bulgarian

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Uzbekistan
People Cluster: Slav, Southern
Primary Language(s): Bulgarian (bul)
Primary Religion(s): Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Population: 1,800
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG024660

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

72%
%
Eastern Orthodox Christia… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bulgarian
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Bulgarian Speakers

Media Resources in Bulgarian:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Bulgarian:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1924 Protestant Bible✓
1940 Bulgarian Bible✓
Bulgarian Orthodox Bible✓✓
Contemporary Bulgarian✓✓
Protestant Revised Bible / Библия, ревизирано издание✓✓

5 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Bulgarian bible at Bible.com

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Explore Lostness and Next Steps

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

Next steps for the Bulgarians:
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Send cross-cultural teams to discover and research this people group
Begin gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group

Pray specifically for the Bulgarians of Uzbekistan

The LORD has heard my plea; the LORD accepts my prayer.
readPsalm 6:9

Pray that lost people will hear the gospel and place their faith in Christ, knowing that He hears their plea and accepts their prayer.

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
readMatthew 11:28-29

Please pray for them to lift their eyes to Jesus and find rest for their souls, lasting peace, and hope in Him.

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
readPhilippians 2:5-7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will imitate His humility in all they do.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
read2 Corinthians 1:3-4

Pray that as people hear and believe the gospel, they will serve others in Jesus' name, and the lost will have an opportunity to hear and respond to the gospel.

Bulgarian Across Countries (ROP3 - 101722) reported in the following countries:

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10 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BulgariansPG039299BulgariansBulgaria5,610,000Engaged yet UnreachedBulgarianEastern Orthodox Christianity
BulgariansPG042446BulgariansGermany419,000No Longer UnreachedBulgarianEastern Orthodox Christianity
BulgariansPG042336BulgariansSpain123,000Engaged yet UnreachedBulgarianEastern Orthodox Christianity
BulgariansPG043181BulgariansUnited States77,000Unengaged and UnreachedBulgarianEastern Orthodox Christianity
BulgariansPG050065BulgariansBelgium49,500Unengaged and UnreachedBulgarianEastern Orthodox Christianity
BulgariansPG043363BulgariansCanada33,000Engaged yet UnreachedBulgarianEastern Orthodox Christianity
BulgariansPG024257BulgariansKazakhstan9,200Unengaged and UnreachedBulgarianEastern Orthodox Christianity
BulgariansPG024544BulgariansTurkiye8,000Unengaged and UnreachedBulgarianEastern Orthodox Christianity
BulgariansPG024660BulgariansUzbekistan1,800Unengaged and UnreachedBulgarianEastern Orthodox Christianity
BulgariansPG024500BulgariansTajikistan950Unengaged and UnreachedBulgarianEastern Orthodox Christianity

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