People group profile · PG011736
The Caucasian Mountain Jews of Israel
The Caucasian Mountain Jews of Israel, numbering about 87,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a repatriated diaspora community of Russian Jews in Israel.
They are a diaspora people in the Jews people cluster of the Jewish Peoples. Their primary religion is Judaism, and they primarily speak Judeo-Tat.
Fast facts
- Country
- Israel
- Population
- 87,000
- Affinity group
- Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
- People cluster
- Jews
- Primary language
- Judeo-Tat (jdt)
- Primary religion
- Judaism
- 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
- Western Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Caucasian Mountain Jews 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 Caucasian Mountain Jews
- 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
100% adherents
Primary language
Judeo-Tat · Indo-European family
73% speak Judeo-Tat
Gospel resources in Judeo-Tat
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Tat, Juhuri)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Caucasian Mountain Jews
- 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.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
Jew, Mountain in other countries
The same people (ROP3 116827) is reported in 2 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Jews | Russian Federation | 11,500 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Mountain Jews | United States | 10,000 | Unengaged and Unreached |
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