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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:

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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

For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.
readIsaiah 48:11

Pray that those who have been living for their own glory will turn to the One who is worthy of all praise and find their true identity in Him.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise).
readEphesians 6:1-2

Pray that God will bring young men and women to faith in Jesus and that the fruit of their faith will be a powerful testimony as they honor their parents.

And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
readMatthew 28:18-20

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have confidence because Jesus has all authority and is with them as they make disciples and teach others about Him.

And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.
readMatthew 7:28-29

Pray that God will remind believers that they have His authority as they share His truth with the lost, and pray He will draw crowds of people to this message and plant it deeply in their hearts.

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

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5 people groups

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

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

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