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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Udmurts of Kazakhstan

The Udmurts of Kazakhstan, numbering approximately 12,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are described as a Permian-speaking Finno-Ugric people indigenous to the Volga-Ural region of Russia. Their culture reflects Uralic heritage, forest-zone traditions, and interaction with Russian and Turkic neighbors, and they are predominantly Eastern Orthodox They are an Diaspora people, with Udmurt as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Finno-Ugric people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. They mostly adhere to Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Udmurt is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Kazakhstan
People Cluster: Finno-Ugric
Primary Language(s): Udmurt (udm)
Primary Religion(s): Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Population: 12,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG024328
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

50%
%
Eastern Orthodox Christia… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Udmurt
Language Family: Uralic

73%
%
Udmurt Speakers

Media Resources in Udmurt:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Udmurt:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Udmurt 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

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Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?
readJames 2:5

Pray for those living in despair to experience the riches of God's love and the hope of eternal life through faith in Christ.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
read2 Peter 3:9

Pray that the lost will not perish but come to repentance and that God's patience and long-suffering will lead them to salvation.

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him.
readRomans 10:12

Pray that as people from different backgrounds place their faith in Christ, they will be unified by their faith Him.

And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, it will return to you.
readLuke 10:6

Pray that, as people come to faith in Christ and want to share it with others, they will be welcomed into homes and received well so that they can share message of hope with many people.

Udmurt Across Countries (ROP3 - 110362) reported in the following countries:

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
UdmurtsPG000957UdmurtsRussian Federation622,000Engaged yet UnreachedUdmurtEastern Orthodox Christianity
UdmurtsPG024321UdmurtsUzbekistan4,700Unengaged and UnreachedUdmurtEastern Orthodox Christianity
UdmurtsPG024328UdmurtsKazakhstan12,000Unengaged and UnreachedUdmurtEastern Orthodox Christianity
UdmurtsPG024534UdmurtsTajikistan1,300Unengaged and UnreachedUdmurtEastern Orthodox Christianity

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

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