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The Udi of Azerbaijan

The Udi of Azerbaijan, numbering approximately 5,700 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a small indigenous people of the eastern Caucasus, found primarily in Azerbaijan, with smaller communities in Georgia, Russia, and a few other countries. They speak Udi, a language of the Northeast Caucasian (Lezgic) language family. They mostly adhere to Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Udi is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Azerbaijan
People Cluster: Caucasus
Primary Language(s): Udi (udi)
Primary Religion(s): Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Population: 5,700
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG024093
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

100%
%
Eastern Orthodox Christia… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Udi
Language Family: Nakh-Daghestanian

77%
%
Udi Speakers

Media Resources in Udi:

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Bible Resources in Udi:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Udi 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 Udi:
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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 Udi of Azerbaijan

For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or?rulers?or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
readColossians 1:16

Pray for those who are lost among them, that they will come to know the One who created all things and holds all things together.

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.

Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the LORD has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted.
readIsaiah 49:13

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and suffer for their faith, they will sing for joy and be glad in their hearts because the Lord has compassion on them.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
read1 John 1:5

Pray that God will raise up believers who can share the gospel with people who don't know the good news of Jesus, that God is light and in him, there is no darkness at all.

Udin Across Countries (ROP3 - 110360) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
UdiPG024093UdiAzerbaijan5,700Engaged yet UnreachedUdiEastern Orthodox Christianity

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