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The Tuvans of Russian Federation

The Tuvans of Russian Federation, numbering approximately 268,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached.
They are described as a Turkic-speaking people indigenous to southern Siberia whose culture reflects pastoral nomadic traditions, Tibetan Buddhism, and indigenous shamanic beliefs. Most live in the Republic of Tuva in the Russian Federation. They are also known as Tuvans, Tyvans.
They are an Indigenous people in the Ural-Siberian people cluster of the Turkic Peoples affinity bloc.
Tuvan is their primary language and Tibetan Buddhism is their primary religion.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Tuvans are Unengaged and Unreached, 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.

Unreached yet Engaged

The Tuvans 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.

No longer Unreached

The Tuvans are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

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O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
readPsalm 10:17-18

Pray that God, in accordance with His good character, will give justice to those who are oppressed by sin and that they will know that His offer of salvation is for everyone.

And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
read1 John 4:21

Pray that the good news of God's love will reach everyone in this people group, and that His love will compel them to love others as Christ has loved us.

Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
readHebrews 10:35

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will hold unswervingly to their faith and to their confidence in Christ, which has a great reward.

And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.
readMark 5:20

Pray that God will bring people who appear beyond hope to faith in Jesus and that they will then go and tell others of the marvelous things He has done.

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