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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Estonians of Uzbekistan

The Estonians of Uzbekistan, numbering approximately 1,600 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Finnic people of the eastern Baltic coast, speakers of Estonian, historically Lutheran but among the least religious populations in Europe, with a revived pre-Christian Maausk tradition and strong song-festival and sauna traditions. They mostly adhere to Agnosticism and Standard Estonian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Uzbekistan
People Cluster: Finno-Ugric
Primary Language(s): Standard Estonian (ekk)
Primary Religion(s): Agnosticism
Population: 1,600
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG024673

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Agnosticism
Religious Affiliation: Unaffiliated

58%
%
Orthodox Christianity Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Standard Estonian
Language Family: Uralic

100%
%
Estonian, Standard Speakers

Media Resources in Standard Estonian:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Standard Estonian:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Standard Estonian bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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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

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Pray specifically for the Estonians of Uzbekistan

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRomans 6:23

Pray that those who do know about God's free gift will hear and believe that the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord and that they will joyfully accept this gift.

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.

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
readRomans 12:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will offer their bodies as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable to God, knowing that this is their spiritual worship.

Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works!
readPsalm 105:2

Pray for God to saturate this place with the gospel and raise up believing men and women from among them to share the good news of Christ with those who have yet to encounter it.

Estonian Across Countries (ROP3 - 102954) reported in the following countries:

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7 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
EstoniansPG000779EstoniansEstonia899,000No Longer UnreachedStandard EstonianAgnosticism
EstoniansPG000552EstoniansSweden13,500Unengaged and UnreachedStandard EstonianAgnosticism
EstoniansPG000629EstoniansUnited Kingdom13,000Unengaged and UnreachedStandard EstonianAgnosticism
EstoniansPG043392EstoniansCanada10,500No Longer UnreachedStandard EstonianAgnosticism
EstoniansPG043235EstoniansUnited States7,200Engaged yet UnreachedStandard EstonianAgnosticism
EstoniansPG024267EstoniansKazakhstan2,400Unengaged and UnreachedStandard EstonianAgnosticism
EstoniansPG024673EstoniansUzbekistan1,600Unengaged and UnreachedStandard EstonianAgnosticism

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

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