People group profile · PG024626
The Lezghi of Turkmenistan
The Lezghi of Turkmenistan, numbering about 19,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Lezgin community that preserves the language and cultural traditions of a Northeast Caucasian people indigenous to southern Dagestan and northern Azerbaijan.
They are a diaspora people in the Caucasus people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Lezghian.
Fast facts
- Country
- Turkmenistan
- Population
- 19,500
- Affinity group
- Central Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Caucasus
- Primary language
- Lezghian (lez)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- 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 Lezghi 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 Lezghi
- 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
Sunni Islam · Islam
100% adherents
Primary language
Lezghian · Nakh-Daghestanian family
100% speak Lezghian
Gospel resources in Lezghian
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Lezgi)
Bibles
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Lezghi
- 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.
Lezgin in other countries
The same people (ROP3 105742) is reported in 4 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lezghi | Russian Federation | 474,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Lezghi | Azerbaijan | 441,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Lezghi | Kazakhstan | 6,200 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Lezghi | Kyrgyzstan | 1,300 | Unengaged and Unreached |
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