Lezghi of Azerbaijan (PGID: PG024076)

The Lezghi of Azerbaijan

The Lezghi of Azerbaijan, numbering approximately 441,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Lezgic people of the Samur River basin whose ancestors' 26 tribes united to form ancient Caucasian Albania in the 4th century BC, later absorbed into Russia by the 1813 Treaty of Gulistan, their homeland split when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Lezghian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Azerbaijan
People Cluster: Caucasus
Primary Language(s): Lezghian (lez)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 441,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG024076
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%

Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Lezghian
Language Family: Nakh-Daghestanian

90%

Lezgi Speakers

Media Resources in Lezghian:

Films:

Title	Link
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1 film

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Bible Resources in Lezghian:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio	Text
2018 Institute for Bible Translation, Moscow		✓

1 entry

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Or check out the Lezghian bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Lezghi 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.

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Pray specifically for the Lezghi of Azerbaijan

For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?
Psalm 18:31

As people look to their own efforts for hope, pray they will have the opportunity to learn and believe in the Lord, who is the only Rock worthy of their faith.

Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.
Psalm 119:97

Pray that the lost will have access to God's Word in their language and treasure it deeply, meditating on God's promises and precepts.

I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
Psalm 121:1-2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and experience hardship, God will remind them that their help comes from the One who made heaven and earth and that He is powerful to meet their needs.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
Psalm 23:6

Ask God to raise up believers who will share the hope that, for those who trust in Christ, goodness and love will follow them all the days of their lives, and they will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Lezgin Across Countries (ROP3 - 105742) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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5 people groups

People Group ID ▼	Name	Country	Population	Strategic Progress Index	Language	Religion
PG024626	Lezghi	Turkmenistan	19,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Lezghian	Sunni Islam
PG024469	Lezghi	Russian Federation	474,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Lezghian	Sunni Islam
PG024361	Lezghi	Kyrgyzstan	1,300	Unengaged and Unreached	Lezghian	Sunni Islam
PG024286	Lezghi	Kazakhstan	6,200	Unengaged and Unreached	Lezghian	Sunni Islam
PG024076	Lezghi	Azerbaijan	441,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Lezghian	Sunni Islam

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