The Georgians of Azerbaijan

The Georgians of Azerbaijan, numbering approximately 15,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Kartvelian people indigenous to the South Caucasus, speakers of the isolate Georgian language and script, with a distinct Orthodox Christian tradition dating to the 4th century and a culture marked by hospitality traditions and polyphonic vocal music. They mostly adhere to Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Georgian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Azerbaijan
People Cluster: Caucasus
Primary Language(s): Georgian (kat)
Primary Religion(s): Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Population: 15,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG024064
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

80%
%
Unaffiliated Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Georgian
Language Family: Kartvelian

100%
%
Georgian Speakers

Media Resources in Georgian:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

Bible Resources in Georgian:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1992 Institute Bible Translation✓
Bibles International✓✓

2 entries

Or check out the Georgian 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

Next steps for the Georgians:
Begin signifcant prayer and fasting for this group
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 Georgians of Azerbaijan

You visit the earth and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide their grain, for so you have prepared it.
readPsalm 65:9

Give thanks for God's provision in nature, and pray that those who don't know Him will recognize His hand, desire to know their Creator, and hear the truth that Jesus is the solution to the world's greatest need.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
readJohn 3:16

Pray that the lost will seek God and learn that they have a heavenly Father who loves them and wants them to live eternally with Him.

And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
read2 Corinthians 12:28

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will grow in the spiritual gifts God has given them and use these gifts to glorify Him and build up the Church.

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.

Georgian Across Countries (ROP3 - 103298) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
All

11 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
GeorgiansGeorgiansKazakhstan7,200Unengaged and UnreachedGeorgianUnaffiliated
GeorgiansGeorgiansTajikistan2,100Unengaged and UnreachedGeorgianUnaffiliated
GeorgiansGeorgiansTurkmenistan1,800Unengaged and UnreachedGeorgianUnaffiliated
GeorgiansGeorgiansUzbekistan8,900Unengaged and UnreachedGeorgianUnaffiliated
GeorgiansGeorgiansTurkiye181,000Unengaged and UnreachedGeorgianSunni Islam
GeorgiansGeorgiansIran64,000Unengaged and UnreachedGeorgianShia Islam
GeorgiansGeorgiansGeorgia3,215,000Engaged yet UnreachedGeorgianEastern Orthodox Christianity
GeorgiansGeorgiansAzerbaijan15,500Unengaged and UnreachedGeorgianEastern Orthodox Christianity
GeorgiansGeorgiansUnited States39,500Engaged yet UnreachedGeorgianEastern Orthodox Christianity
GeorgiansGeorgiansCanada2,700Unengaged and UnreachedGeorgianEastern Orthodox Christianity
GeorgiansGeorgiansRussian Federation113,000Unengaged and UnreachedGeorgianEastern Orthodox Christianity

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