People group profile · PG024306
The Moldovans of Uzbekistan
The Moldovans of Uzbekistan, numbering about 5,600 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an East Romance people of historical Moldavia/Bessarabia, speakers of Moldovan/Romanian, predominantly Eastern Orthodox, with agrarian and wine-growing traditions and a national identity contested between Romanian and Soviet-era Moldovan identities.
They are a diaspora people in the Romanian people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. Their primary religion is Eastern Orthodox Christianity, and they primarily speak Romanian.
Fast facts
- Country
- Uzbekistan
- Population
- 5,600
- Affinity group
- European Peoples
- People cluster
- Romanian
- Primary language
- Romanian (ron)
- Primary religion
- Eastern Orthodox Christianity
- Strategic Progress Index
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Central Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Moldovans are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. 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 Moldovans
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
Eastern Orthodox Christianity · Christianity
85% adherents
Primary language
Romanian · Indo-European family
100% speak Romanian
Gospel resources in Romanian
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- Magdalena (Romanian)
Bibles
- 2000 Bible League International · text
- Dumitru Cornilescu / Библия Думитру Корнилеску 1924 · audio
- Interconfessional Version · audio, text
- Noua Traducere Românească (NTR) · video
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Moldovans
- 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.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
Moldovan in other countries
The same people (ROP3 106730) is reported in 4 other countries.
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