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The Bashkir of Kazakhstan

The Bashkir of Kazakhstan, numbering approximately 31,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Turkic-speaking people indigenous to Russia's southern Ural region. Centered in Bashkortostan, they share a common language, homeland, and cultural heritage shaped by pastoral traditions, agriculture, and Sunni Islam. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Bashkir is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Turkic Peoples
Country: Kazakhstan
People Cluster: Ural-Siberian
Primary Language(s): Bashkir (bak)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 31,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG024255
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

72%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bashkir
Language Family: Turkic

100%
%
Bashkort Speakers

Media Resources in Bashkir:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Bashkir:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Bashkir 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 Bashkir:
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Pray specifically for the Bashkir of Kazakhstan

Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.
readLuke 12:7

Pray that those who don't yet know how to trust in Jesus will not be consumed by worry and anxiety, but will trust in the Father's care and provision for their daily needs and for their eternal salvation

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
readJohn 3:14-15

Pray that the lost will look to Jesus lifted up on the cross and believe in Him, gaining eternal life with God.

For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them.
read1 Corinthians 9:19

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have hearts that want to serve the lost around them so that many might come to faith in Jesus.

And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven."
readMatthew 16:17

Pray that God who is in heaven will place believers in the lives of people who need to encounter the gospel and that He will reveal to them the truth of what they hear.

Bashkir Across Countries (ROP3 - 101100) reported in the following countries:

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5 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▲LanguageReligion
BashkirPG024255BashkirKazakhstan31,000Unengaged and UnreachedBashkirSunni Islam
BashkirPG024336BashkirKyrgyzstan375Unengaged and UnreachedBashkirSunni Islam
BashkirPG024607BashkirTurkmenistan8,700Unengaged and UnreachedBashkirSunni Islam
BashkirPG024658BashkirUzbekistan64,500Unengaged and UnreachedBashkirSunni Islam
BashkirPG024416BashkirRussian Federation1,700,000Engaged yet UnreachedBashkirSunni Islam

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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