People group profile · PG000950
The Shorian of the Russian Federation
The Shorian of the Russian Federation, numbering about 13,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Russia.
They are an indigenous people in the Ural-Siberian people cluster of the Turkic Peoples. Their primary religion is Shamanism, and they primarily speak Shor.
Fast facts
- Country
- Russian Federation
- Population
- 13,000
- Affinity group
- European Peoples
- People cluster
- Ural-Siberian
- Primary language
- Shor (cjs)
- Primary religion
- Shamanism
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Europe, Europe
Where they live
Gospel status
The Shorian 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 No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Shorian
- 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
Shamanism · Ethnoreligion
70% adherents
Primary language
Shor · Turkic family
22% speak Shor
Gospel resources in Shor
- Bible available, published 2022
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 2004, 2011 Institute for Bible Translation, Moscow · audio, text
- 2011 Institute for Bible Translation, Moscow · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Shorian
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
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