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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Tsakhur of Russian Federation

The Tsakhur of Russian Federation, numbering approximately 13,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Lezgin sub-ethnic group of northern Azerbaijan and southern Dagestan. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Tsakhur is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Russian Federation
People Cluster: Caucasus
Primary Language(s): Tsakhur (tkr)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 13,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG024484
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Pray for the Tsakhur of Russian Federation

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tsakhur
Language Family: Nakh-Daghestanian

80%
%
Tsakhur Speakers

Media Resources in Tsakhur:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Tsakhur:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

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Or check out the Tsakhur bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Tsakhur 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 Tsakhur:
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 Tsakhur of Russian Federation

"For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?" But he said "What is impossible with man is possible with God."
readLuke 18:25-27

Pray that the lost who think they have everything they need will recognize their spiritual poverty apart from Jesus and turn to Him in faith.

For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.
read2 Timothy 4:3-4

Pray that the lost will be open to the truth of the gospel and turn from false teachings and myths to the sound doctrine of Christ in faith.

Remember the wondrous works that he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he uttered.
readPsalm 105:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice as they remember His wonders, miracles, and perfect judgements.

And Jesus said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men." And immediately they left their nets and followed him.
readMark 1:17-18

Pray that God will raise up believers from this place and/or other cultures nearby to proclaim the gospel to those who desperately need to encounter it.

Tsakhur Across Countries (ROP3 - 110205) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
TsakhurPG024091TsakhurAzerbaijan20,500Engaged yet UnreachedTsakhurSunni Islam
TsakhurPG024484TsakhurRussian Federation13,000Engaged yet UnreachedTsakhurSunni Islam

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