People group profile · PG000911
The Finns of the Russian Federation
The Finns of the Russian Federation, numbering about 39,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Northern European people whose homeland is the Republic of Finland. Finnish culture reflects a long interaction between forest, lake, and coastal environments.
They are a diaspora people in the Finno-Ugric people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. Their primary religion is Unaffiliated, and they primarily speak Finnish.
Fast facts
- Country
- Russian Federation
- Population
- 39,000
- Affinity group
- European Peoples
- People cluster
- Finno-Ugric
- Primary language
- Finnish (fin)
- Primary religion
- Unaffiliated
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Europe, Europe
Where they live
Gospel status
The Finns are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, 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.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Finns
- 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
Primary religion
44% adherents
Primary language
Finnish · Uralic family
100% speak Finnish
Gospel resources in Finnish
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Finnish)
Bibles
- 1938 Suomennos · audio, text
- 1992 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland · video, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Finns
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
Finns in other countries
The same people (ROP3 103021) is reported in 6 other countries.
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