People group profile · PG024368
The Sart-Kalmyk of Kyrgyzstan
The Sart-Kalmyk of Kyrgyzstan, numbering about 750 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Sunni Muslim people of Oirat-Mongol origin who settled in the Issyk-Kul region in the nineteenth century; most now speak Kyrgyz and identify closely with Kyrgyz society while retaining a distinct heritage.
They are an indigenous people in the Mongolian people cluster of the East Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Kirghiz.
Fast facts
- Country
- Kyrgyzstan
- Population
- 750
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Mongolian
- Primary language
- Kirghiz (kir)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- 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
- Central Asia, Asia
- Location
- Widespread
Where they live
Gospel status
The Sart-Kalmyk 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 Sart-Kalmyk
- 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
Sunni Islam · Islam
Primary language
Kirghiz · Turkic family
100% speak Kirghiz
Gospel resources in Kirghiz
- Bible available, published 2011
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
- 2005 Bible Society in Kazakhstan · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Sart-Kalmyk
- 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.
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