The Kazakh of United States

The Kazakh of United States, numbering approximately 2,100 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Kazakh community established through postwar and post-Soviet migration to the United States that maintains a distinct Kazakh identity. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Kazakh is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Kazakh

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Turkic Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Kazakh
Primary Language(s): Kazakh (kaz)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 2,100
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG047197
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

85%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kazakh
Language Family: Turkic

100%
%
Kazakh Speakers

Media Resources in Kazakh:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

Bible Resources in Kazakh:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Kiyeli kitap 2010✓✓✓

1 entry

Or check out the Kazakh bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Kazakh 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 Kazakh:
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 Kazakh of United States

The LORD has heard my plea; the LORD accepts my prayer.
readPsalm 6:9

Pray that lost people will hear the gospel and place their faith in Christ, knowing that He hears their plea and accepts their prayer.

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.

Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
readPsalm 37:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will delight themselves in the Lord, trusting Him to give them the desires of their hearts.

Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
readActs 17:29

Pray that God will send out laborers to tell people of the one true God and, as the good news is shared, bring about repentance and belief as they turn from idols and follow Jesus.

Kazakh Across Countries (ROP3 - 104791) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
All

12 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KazakhKazakhKazakhstan12,520,000Engaged yet UnreachedKazakhSunni Islam
KazakhKazakhChina1,400,000Engaged yet UnreachedKazakhSunni Islam
KazakhKazakhUzbekistan904,000Engaged yet UnreachedKazakhSunni Islam
KazakhKazakhRussian Federation808,000Engaged yet UnreachedKazakhSunni Islam
KazakhKazakhTurkmenistan165,000Unengaged and UnreachedKazakhSunni Islam
KazakhKazakhMongolia161,000Engaged yet UnreachedKazakhSunni Islam
KazakhKazakhGermany40,500Unengaged and UnreachedKazakhSunni Islam
KazakhKazakhKyrgyzstan26,500Unengaged and UnreachedKazakhSunni Islam
KazakhKazakhTurkiye9,600Engaged yet UnreachedKazakhSunni Islam
KazakhKazakhCanada7,900Engaged yet UnreachedKazakhSunni Islam
KazakhKazakhIran6,100Unengaged and UnreachedKazakhSunni Islam
KazakhKazakhUnited States2,100Engaged yet UnreachedKazakhSunni Islam

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