People group profile · PG000963
The Nentsy of the Russian Federation
The Nentsy of the Russian Federation, numbering about 44,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Russia.
They are an indigenous people in the Finno-Ugric people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. Their primary religion is Shamanism, and they primarily speak Nenets.
Fast facts
- Country
- Russian Federation
- Population
- 44,500
- Affinity group
- European Peoples
- People cluster
- Finno-Ugric
- Primary language
- Nenets (yrk)
- Primary religion
- Shamanism
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Pioneer Unreached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Europe, Europe
Where they live
Gospel status
The Nentsy 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 Nentsy
- 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
50% adherents
Primary language
Nenets · Uralic family
49% speak Nenets
Gospel resources in Nenets
- Bible available, published 2021
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 2009 Institute for Bible Translation, Moscow · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Nentsy
- 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.
- 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.
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