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 the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23

Pray that those who do know about God's free gift will hear and believe that the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord and that they will joyfully accept this gift.

For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
Romans 1:19-20

Pray that God will use His creation – the “things that have been made” – to spark a fresh and passionate curiosity among them to draw near to the Maker and that, as they seek Him, He will make a way for them to hear the gospel and receive it with joy.

The LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
Numbers 6:26

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be blessed with peace in their lives, knowing that God is with them.

O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
Psalm 8:1

Pray that God will raise up people who love Him and are able and willing to go to and share the hope of the gospel with those who don't know it. Pray that everyone will see His name as majestic in all the earth!

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
PG024469	Lezghi	Russian Federation	474,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Lezghian	Sunni Islam
PG024076	Lezghi	Azerbaijan	441,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Lezghian	Sunni Islam
PG024626	Lezghi	Turkmenistan	19,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Lezghian	Sunni Islam
PG024286	Lezghi	Kazakhstan	6,200	Unengaged and Unreached	Lezghian	Sunni Islam
PG024361	Lezghi	Kyrgyzstan	1,300	Unengaged and Unreached	Lezghian	Sunni Islam

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