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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Ingush of Russian Federation

The Ingush of Russian Federation, numbering approximately 445,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Vainakh people of Ingushetia in Russia's North Caucasus, closely related to the neighboring Chechens, whose entire population was deported to Central Asia in Stalin's 1944 Aardakh alongside the Chechens, with survivors barred from returning until 1957. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Ingush is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Russian Federation
People Cluster: Caucasus
Primary Language(s): Ingush (inh)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 445,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG024429
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ingush
Language Family: Nakh-Daghestanian

69%
%
Ingush Speakers

Media Resources in Ingush:

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Bible Resources in Ingush:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Ingush 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 Ingush:
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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 Ingush of Russian Federation

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
readEphesians 2:8-9

Pray that the lost among them will receive the gift of salvation by grace through faith, not by works, and be created for good works.

If I ascend to heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
readPsalm 139:8

Pray that the lost will recognize God's presence with them wherever they go, put their faith in Christ, and seek to live in a way that honors and glorifies Him.

But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect.
read1 Peter 3:15

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will always be prepared to share the reason for the hope that they have in Jesus with gentleness and respect.

He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.
readJohn 1:7

Pray that God will raise up witnesses to testify about Jesus so that all might believe, knowing that He is light and in Him there is no darkness at all.

Ingush Across Countries (ROP3 - 104033) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▲LanguageReligion
IngushPG024260IngushKazakhstan21,000Unengaged and UnreachedIngushSunni Islam
IngushPG024429IngushRussian Federation445,000Engaged yet UnreachedIngushSunni Islam

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