People group profile · PG024537
The Uzbeks of Tajikistan
The Uzbeks of Tajikistan, numbering about 2,545,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Turkic ethnolinguistic people of Central Asia whose identity emerged through a long process of interaction and integration among Turkic, Iranian, and Mongol populations in the region.
They are a diaspora people in the Uzbek people cluster of the Turkic Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Northern Uzbek.
Fast facts
- Country
- Tajikistan
- Population
- 2,545,000
- Affinity group
- Central Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Uzbek
- Primary language
- Northern Uzbek (uzn)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- 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 Uzbeks 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 Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Uzbeks
- 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
85% adherents
Primary language
Northern Uzbek · Turkic family
100% speak Northern Uzbek
Gospel resources in Northern Uzbek
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
- Institute for Bible Translation, Sweden · audio, text
- Muqaddas Kitob, 2019 · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Uzbeks
- 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.
- 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.
Uzbek, Northern in other countries
The same people (ROP3 107469) is reported in 6 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uzbeks | Uzbekistan | 28,540,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Uzbeks | Kyrgyzstan | 1,075,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Uzbeks | Turkmenistan | 590,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Uzbeks | Kazakhstan | 578,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Uzbeks | China | 12,500 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Uzbeks | Canada | 4,200 | Engaged yet Unreached |
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