People group profile · PG048680
The Chirag Dargin of the Russian Federation
The Chirag Dargin of the Russian Federation, numbering about 3,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a highland Dargin subgroup of southern Dagestan associated with the village of Chirag and the Chirag language, one of the most distinctive and geographically isolated varieties within the Dargin linguistic continuum.
They are an indigenous people in the Caucasus people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Dargwa.
Fast facts
- Country
- Russian Federation
- Population
- 3,000
- Affinity group
- Central Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Caucasus
- Primary language
- Dargwa (dar)
- 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
- Eastern Europe, Europe
Where they live
Gospel status
The Chirag Dargin 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 Chirag Dargin
- 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
99% adherents
Primary language
Dargwa · Nakh-Daghestanian family
100% speak Dargwa
Gospel resources in Dargwa
- Bible available, published 2020
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Dargin)
Bibles
- 2013 Institute for Bible Translation, Moscow · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Chirag Dargin
- 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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