People group profile · PG024285
The Latvians of Kazakhstan
The Latvians of Kazakhstan, numbering about 2,400 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Latvian community shaped by Soviet-era deportations and resettlement that preserves the cultural heritage of the Latvian people while maintaining ties to Latvia.
They are a diaspora people in the Baltic people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. Their primary religion is Unaffiliated, and they primarily speak Standard Latvian.
Fast facts
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Population
- 2,400
- Affinity group
- European Peoples
- People cluster
- Baltic
- Primary language
- Standard Latvian (lvs)
- Primary religion
- Unaffiliated
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 15% or Greater but Less than 20%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Central Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Latvians are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Latvians
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
38% adherents
Primary language
Standard Latvian · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Standard Latvian
Gospel resources in Standard Latvian
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Latvian)
Bibles
- 1953 British and Foreign Bible Society · audio
- New Latvian Interconfessional Bible · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Latvians
- 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.
Latvian in other countries
The same people (ROP3 105674) is reported in 6 other countries.
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