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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:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
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

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 28:16-20

Pray that those who don't yet know Him will encounter the risen Savior and be transformed by the power of His resurrection, becoming disciples who make disciples.

Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.
readPsalm 25:5

Pray that the gospel will advance and that God will lead people in His truth, bringing many to salvation.

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
readColossians 4:6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, their speech will always be gracious and ready to answer for the hope which is within them.

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 those God sends to cross cultures will patiently endure hardships as they share the gospel, knowing that the Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise.

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

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
IngushPG024260IngushKazakhstan21,000Unengaged and UnreachedIngushSunni Islam
IngushPG024429IngushRussian Federation445,000Engaged yet UnreachedIngushSunni Islam

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