People group profile · PG024634
The Romanians of Turkmenistan
The Romanians of Turkmenistan, numbering about 90 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an East Romance people descended from Romanized Dacians of historical Wallachia, Moldavia, and Transylvania, predominantly Romanian Orthodox, noted for a Latin language preserved amid Slavic and Hungarian neighbors and strong rural folk-culture traditions.
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
- Turkmenistan
- Population
- 90
- 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 Romanians 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 Romanians
- 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 Romanians
- 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.
Romanian in other countries
The same people (ROP3 108398) is reported in 14 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romanians | Romania | 16,320,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Romanians | Italy | 1,305,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Romanians | Spain | 672,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Romanians | United Kingdom | 383,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Romanians | United States | 173,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Romanians | Belgium | 125,000 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Romanians | Canada | 106,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Romanians | Hungary | 96,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Romanians | Austria | 84,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Romanians | Ireland | 32,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Romanians | France | 13,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Romanians | Czech Republic | 13,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Romanians | Azerbaijan | 2,000 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Romanians | Venezuela | 1,500 | No Longer Unreached |
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