People group profile · PG024035
The Yazidi Kurds of Armenia
The Yazidi Kurds of Armenia, numbering about 35,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Kurdish-speaking ethno‑religious minority whose traditional homeland spans northern Iraq, northern Syria, southeastern Turkey, the Caucasus, and parts of Iran.
They are a diaspora people in the Kurd people cluster of the Persian-Median Peoples. Their primary religion is Yazidism, and they primarily speak Northern Kurdish.
Fast facts
- Country
- Armenia
- Population
- 35,000
- Affinity group
- Central Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Kurd
- Primary language
- Northern Kurdish (kmr)
- Primary religion
- Yazidism
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, Dispersed CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Also known as
- Yezidi, Êzdî, Êzidî, Yezidi Kurds
- Region
- Western Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Yazidi Kurds 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 but there has been dispersed church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years Dispersed Church Planting
Next steps for the Yazidi Kurds
- 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
Yazidism · Ethnoreligion
90% adherents
Primary language
Northern Kurdish · Indo-European family
100% speak Northern Kurdish
Gospel resources in Northern Kurdish
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Kurmanji Standard)
- JESUS (Kurdish, Afrini)
- JESUS (Kurmanji - Cis)
- JESUS (Kurdi, Behdini)
- Magdalena (Kurdi, Behdini)
- Magdalena (Kurmanji Standard)
Bibles
- 2005 United Bible Society · audio
- 2019 Kurdish Literature Association · video, audio, text
- Transcaucasia · video, audio, text
- Transcaucasia · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Yazidi Kurds
- 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.
Yazidi in other countries
The same people (ROP3 116305) is reported in 3 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yazidi Kurds | Iraq | 665,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Yazidi Kurds | Germany | 101,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Yazidi Kurds | United States | 1,100 | Unengaged and Unreached |
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