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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Bukharic Jews of Kyrgyzstan

The Bukharic Jews of Kyrgyzstan, numbering approximately 550 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are described as a historic Jewish ethnoreligious community of Central Asia, especially Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. They traditionally speak Bukhori (Judeo-Tajik), a Jewish Persian language, and maintain distinctive cultural traditions within Judaism They are an Diaspora people, with Jewish as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Jews people cluster of the Jewish Peoples. They mostly adhere to Judaism and Bukharic is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Jewish Peoples
Country: Kyrgyzstan
People Cluster: Jews
Primary Language(s): Bukharic (bhh)
Primary Religion(s): Judaism
Population: 550
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG024337

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Judaism
Religious Affiliation: Judaism

100%
%
Judaism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bukharic
Language Family: Indo-European

70%
%
Bukharic Speakers

Media Resources in Bukharic:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Bukharic:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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Explore Lostness and Next Steps

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 Bukharic Jews:
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Pray specifically for the Bukharic Jews of Kyrgyzstan

As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God".
readRomans 3:10-11

Pray that God will have mercy on those living in broken relationship with Him, and that He will bring many to surrender and repentance at the throne of grace.

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
readIsaiah 40:8

Pray that everyone has access to God's Word and that those who hear the good news will turn from their sins and put their faith in Jesus the Messiah.

For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God. Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name.
readPsalm 86:10-11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the Lord with all their heart, knowing that He is the one true God and will teach them His ways.

I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessing.
read1 Corinthians 9:23

Ask God to give believers a deep desire to share the gospel with those who don't know the truth about God's redemption plan, and to provide them with opportunities to do so cross-culturally.

Jew, Bukharan Across Countries (ROP3 - 104244) reported in the following countries:

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Bukharic JewsPG011735Bukharic JewsIsrael94,500Engaged yet UnreachedHebrewJudaism
Bukharic JewsPG047643Bukharic JewsUnited States60,500Engaged yet UnreachedBukharicJudaism
Bukharic JewsPG024256Bukharic JewsKazakhstan2,200Unengaged and UnreachedBukharicJudaism
Bukharic JewsPG024337Bukharic JewsKyrgyzstan550Unengaged and UnreachedBukharicJudaism

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