Uzbeks of Tajikistan (PGID: PG024537)

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The Uzbeks of Tajikistan

The Uzbeks of Tajikistan, numbering approximately 2,530,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a Turkic ethnolinguistic people of Central Asia whose identity emerged through a long process of interaction and integration among Turkic, Iranian, and Mongol populations in the region They are an Diaspora people, with Uzbek as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Uzbek people cluster of the Turkic Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam. They primarily speak Uzbek, Northern.

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Turkic Peoples
Country: Tajikistan
People Cluster: Uzbek
Primary Language(s): Uzbek, Northern (uzn)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 2,530,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG024537
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

85%

Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Uzbek, Northern
Language Family: Turkic

100%

Uzbek, Northern Speakers

Media Resources in Uzbek, Northern:

Films:

Title	Link
JESUS	View Film
Magdalena	View Film

2 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Uzbek, Northern:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio	Text
Institute for Bible Translation, Sweden		✓	✓
Muqaddas Kitob, 2019	✓	✓	✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Uzbek, Northern bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Uzbeks are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Uzbeks:

Continue prayer and fasting for this group

Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group

Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Uzbeks of Tajikistan

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 73:26

Pray that those who are lost and struggling to find hope will find their strength and hope in God, recognizing Him as their portion and deliverer forever.

The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.
Acts 17:24-25

Pray that the good news will reach everyone in this people group and that many will come to know and serve the one true God who made the world and everything in it and lives today.

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.
John 14:3

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have hope in trials because they know that Jesus will one day take them to be with Him forever.

So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God who has mercy.
Romans 9:16

Ask God to raise up people who will trust in His sovereignty as they share the gospel, knowing that it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God who has mercy.

Uzbek, Northern Across Countries (ROP3 - 107469) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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7 people groups

People Group ID	Name	Country	Population ▼	Strategic Progress Index	Language	Religion
PG024324	Uzbeks	Uzbekistan	28,470,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Uzbek, Northern	Sunni Islam
PG024537	Uzbeks	Tajikistan	2,530,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Uzbek, Northern	Sunni Islam
PG024376	Uzbeks	Kyrgyzstan	1,025,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Uzbek, Northern	Sunni Islam
PG024649	Uzbeks	Turkmenistan	588,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Uzbek, Northern	Sunni Islam
PG024331	Uzbeks	Kazakhstan	576,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Uzbek, Northern	Sunni Islam
PG007419	Uzbeks	China	12,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Uzbek, Northern	Sunni Islam
PG047420	Uzbeks	Canada	4,200	Engaged yet Unreached	Uzbek, Northern	Sunni Islam

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