People group profile · PG024093
The Udi of Azerbaijan
The Udi of Azerbaijan, numbering about 5,700 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a small indigenous people of the eastern Caucasus, found primarily in Azerbaijan, with smaller communities in Georgia, Russia, and a few other countries. They speak Udi, a language of the Northeast Caucasian (Lezgic) language family.
They are an indigenous people in the Caucasus people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. Their primary religion is Eastern Orthodox Christianity, and they primarily speak Udi.
Fast facts
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Population
- 5,700
- Affinity group
- Central Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Caucasus
- Primary language
- Udi (udi)
- Primary religion
- Eastern Orthodox Christianity
- 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 Udi 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 Udi
- 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
Eastern Orthodox Christianity · Christianity
100% adherents
Primary language
Udi · Nakh-Daghestanian family
77% speak Udi
Gospel resources in Udi
- Bible available, published 2024
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 2018 Translation Services International · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Udi
- 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.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
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