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The St. Lawrence Island Yupik of United States

The St. Lawrence Island Yupik of United States, numbering approximately 1,600 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Indigenous Arctic people whose homeland lies at the crossroads of Asia and North America, centered on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea, Alaska. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Central Siberian Yupik is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Yupik, St. Lawrence Island

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: North American Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Arctic Peoples
Primary Language(s): Central Siberian Yupik (ess)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 1,600
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG043641
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Central Siberian Yupik
Language Family: Eskimo-Aleut

70%
%
Yupik, Saint Lawrence Island Speakers

Media Resources in Central Siberian Yupik:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Central Siberian Yupik:

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1 entry

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Or check out the Central Siberian Yupik bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The St. Lawrence Island Yupik 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 St. Lawrence Island Yupik:
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 St. Lawrence Island Yupik of United States

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
read1 Timothy 6:9

Pray for those, rich and poor, who have put their trust in worldly things, and ask that they will be honest with themselves, acknowledge their need for God and turn to Him.

Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized.
readActs 18:8

Pray that rulers and leaders will access the gospel, respond in faith, and be baptized, uniting with Christ and His Church, and influence others to follow Him.

I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
readPsalm 121:1-2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and experience hardship, God will remind them that their help comes from the One who made heaven and earth and that He is powerful to meet their needs.

Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
readLuke 10:3

Ask God to raise up and send humble believers who will depend on Him as they go out like lambs among wolves to share the good news with those who need to hear it.

Yupik, St. Lawrence Island Across Countries (ROP3 - 109544) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
St. Lawrence Island YupikPG043641St. Lawrence Island YupikUnited States1,600Engaged yet UnreachedCentral Siberian YupikProtestantism

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