Belarusians of Azerbaijan (PGID: PG024061)

PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Belarusians of Azerbaijan

The Belarusians of Azerbaijan, numbering approximately 7,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an East Slavic people of the East European Plain, speakers of Belarusian alongside dominant Russian, predominantly Eastern Orthodox with a Catholic minority, shaped by Commonwealth and Soviet rule and rural Polesian marshland traditions. They mostly adhere to Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Belarusian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Azerbaijan
People Cluster: Slav, Eastern
Primary Language(s): Belarusian (bel)
Primary Religion(s): Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Population: 7,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG024061
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

60%

Eastern Orthodox Christia… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Belarusian
Language Family: Indo-European

100%

Belarusian Speakers

Media Resources in Belarusian:

Films:

Title	Link
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Bible Resources in Belarusian:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio	Text
2003 Bible Society in the Republic of Belarus	✓	✓
JFC Version			✓

2 entries

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Or check out the Belarusian bible at Bible.com

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), 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

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Pray specifically for the Belarusians of Azerbaijan

"I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."
John 16:33

Pray that those who don't have peace with God will find peace in Christ, even amid the troubles of this world.

The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them.
Psalm 104:8

Pray that they will see the hand of God in the beauty and order of the natural world, and that they will worship Him as the Creator and Sustainer of all things.

And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be.”
Genesis 15:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust God to keep His promises.

He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Psalm 23:3

Pray for believers to go and share the gospel with others here. Ask that God will restore their souls and lead them in paths of righteousness for His name's sake.

Belarusian Across Countries (ROP3 - 101833) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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12 people groups

People Group ID	Name	Country	Population ▼	Strategic Progress Index	Language	Religion
PG000705	Belarusians	Belarus	7,870,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Russian	Eastern Orthodox Christianity
PG048823	Belarusians	Russian Federation	789,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Belarusian	Eastern Orthodox Christianity
PG046468	Belarusians	United States	52,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Belarusian	Eastern Orthodox Christianity
PG000873	Belarusians	Poland	47,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Belarusian	Roman Catholicism
PG000224	Belarusians	Germany	23,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Belarusian	Unaffiliated
PG000778	Belarusians	Estonia	19,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Russian	Eastern Orthodox Christianity
PG043364	Belarusians	Canada	19,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Belarusian	Eastern Orthodox Christianity
PG024662	Belarusians	Uzbekistan	18,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Belarusian	Eastern Orthodox Christianity
PG024061	Belarusians	Azerbaijan	7,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Belarusian	Eastern Orthodox Christianity
PG017330	Belarusians	Argentina	4,700	No Longer Unreached	Belarusian	Unaffiliated
PG024610	Belarusians	Turkmenistan	4,600	Unengaged and Unreached	Belarusian	Eastern Orthodox Christianity
PG024501	Belarusians	Tajikistan	4,300	Unengaged and Unreached	Belarusian	Eastern Orthodox Christianity

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