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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Meadow Mari of Uzbekistan

The Meadow Mari of Uzbekistan, numbering approximately 5,600 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are described as a Volga Finnic people of central Russia who speak Meadow Mari. Their culture reflects Finno-Ugric roots and centuries of interaction with neighboring peoples, and many continue to practice the traditional Mari ethnic religion They are an Diaspora people, with Mari (Russia) as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Finno-Ugric people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion. They primarily speak Mari, Meadow.

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Uzbekistan
People Cluster: Finno-Ugric
Primary Language(s): Mari, Meadow (mhr)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 5,600
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG024305
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

60%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Mari, Meadow
Language Family: Uralic

100%
%
Mari, Meadow Speakers

Media Resources in Mari, Meadow:

Films:
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1 film

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Bible Resources in Mari, Meadow:

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1 entry

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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

Next steps for the Meadow Mari:
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Pray specifically for the Meadow Mari of Uzbekistan

For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.
readRomans 1:19

Pray that God will use testimony of creation to cause those who do not yet know the gospel to long for truth and a relationship with the Author of life.

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
readRomans 10:14

Pray that the gospel will advance among those who don’t know the good news of salvation in Jesus so that they might believe and trust in Jesus.

For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.
readPsalm 47:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will exalt the Lord, recognizing His reign over the nations and His sovereignty over all things.

Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
readJohn 12:24

Pray that God will raise up men and women who are willing to die to their own desires, bearing much fruit for the kingdom among individuals and in places where His gospel has not been proclaimed.

Mari, Meadow Across Countries (ROP3 - 105877) reported in the following countries:

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Meadow MariPG000925Meadow MariRussian Federation548,000Unengaged and UnreachedMari, MeadowEthnoreligion
Meadow MariPG024288Meadow MariKazakhstan8,800Unengaged and UnreachedMari, MeadowEthnoreligion
Meadow MariPG024305Meadow MariUzbekistan5,600Unengaged and UnreachedMari, MeadowEthnoreligion
Meadow MariPG024513Meadow MariTajikistan750Unengaged and UnreachedMari, MeadowEthnoreligion

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

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