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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Udmurts of Uzbekistan

The Udmurts of Uzbekistan, numbering approximately 4,700 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are described as a Permian-speaking Finno-Ugric people indigenous to the Volga-Ural region of Russia. Their culture reflects Uralic heritage, forest-zone traditions, and interaction with Russian and Turkic neighbors, and they are predominantly Eastern Orthodox They are an Diaspora people, with Udmurt as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Finno-Ugric people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. Their primary religion is Eastern Orthodox Christianity. They primarily speak Udmurt.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Uzbekistan
People Cluster: Finno-Ugric
Primary Language(s): Udmurt (udm)
Primary Religion(s): Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Population: 4,700
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG024321
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

50%
%
Eastern Orthodox Christia… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Udmurt
Language Family: Uralic

77%
%
Udmurt Speakers

Media Resources in Udmurt:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
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2 films

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Bible Resources in Udmurt:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

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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 Udmurts:
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Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.
readMark 10:15

Pray for those who might be trapped in pride, that God will humble them and give them a childlike faith and complete dependence on Him through faith in Christ.

As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.
readMatthew 13:23

Pray that their hearts will have good soil that receives the Word, understands it, and bears fruit for God's kingdom.

The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
readLamentations 3:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the goodness of the Lord as they wait on Him to answer their cries for help.

To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel.
readEphesians 6:18b-19

Ask God to give believers He sends to the lost of this people group the boldness and clarity to proclaim the mystery of the gospel in a way that people can understand.

Udmurt Across Countries (ROP3 - 110362) reported in the following countries:

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
UdmurtsPG000957UdmurtsRussian Federation622,000Engaged yet UnreachedUdmurtEastern Orthodox Christianity
UdmurtsPG024328UdmurtsKazakhstan12,000Unengaged and UnreachedUdmurtEastern Orthodox Christianity
UdmurtsPG024321UdmurtsUzbekistan4,700Unengaged and UnreachedUdmurtEastern Orthodox Christianity
UdmurtsPG024534UdmurtsTajikistan1,300Unengaged and UnreachedUdmurtEastern Orthodox Christianity

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

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