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:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

Bible Resources in Standard Estonian:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Standard Estonian bible at Bible.com

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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 I will proclaim the name of the LORD; ascribe greatness to our God!
readDeuteronomy 32:3

Pray that believers will proclaim the Lord’s name and declare the greatness of our God so that others might believe in Him.

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.
readPsalm 22:27

Pray that all families of the nations will worship the Lord in spirit and in truth.

And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, it will return to you.
readLuke 10:6

Pray that, as people come to faith in Christ and want to share it with others, they will be welcomed into homes and received well so that they can share message of hope with many people.

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

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