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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Belarusians of Azerbaijan

The Belarusians of Azerbaijan, numbering approximately 6,900 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are described as 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 are an Diaspora people, with Belarusian as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Slav, Eastern people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. Their primary religion is Eastern Orthodox Christianity. They primarily speak Belarusian.

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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: 6,900
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:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Belarusian:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2003 Bible Society in the Republic of Belarus✓✓
JFC Version✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Belarusian bible at Bible.com

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Explore Lostness and Next Steps

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

Next steps for the Belarusians:
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Pray specifically for the Belarusians of Azerbaijan

Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!
readPsalm 46:10

Pray that those who do not yet worship Jesus will be still and know that He is God, that He will be exalted among them and in all the earth.

But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.
readMark 4:20

Pray that those who have never encountered the gospel will have the opportunity to receive it, and that it will fall on good soil and bear much fruit.

And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
readDeuteronomy 6:6-7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will hide God's Word in their hearts, let it shape their conversations and daily lives, and pass on their faith to the next generation.

And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town. Truly, I say to you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.
readMatthew 10:14-15

Pray for God to raise up and send out believers to share the gospel with those in this people group who do not yet follow Christ. Pray that they will be welcomed with open arms so that the people they share with will hear and receive the good news with joy.

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

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12 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BelarusiansPG000705BelarusiansBelarus7,870,000Engaged yet UnreachedRussianEastern Orthodox Christianity
BelarusiansPG048823BelarusiansRussian Federation789,000Engaged yet UnreachedBelarusianEastern Orthodox Christianity
BelarusiansPG046468BelarusiansUnited States52,500Engaged yet UnreachedBelarusianEastern Orthodox Christianity
BelarusiansPG000873BelarusiansPoland47,000Engaged yet UnreachedBelarusianRoman Catholicism
BelarusiansPG000224BelarusiansGermany23,500Engaged yet UnreachedBelarusianUnaffiliated
BelarusiansPG000778BelarusiansEstonia19,500Engaged yet UnreachedRussianEastern Orthodox Christianity
BelarusiansPG043364BelarusiansCanada19,500Unengaged and UnreachedBelarusianEastern Orthodox Christianity
BelarusiansPG024662BelarusiansUzbekistan18,500Engaged yet UnreachedBelarusianEastern Orthodox Christianity
BelarusiansPG024061BelarusiansAzerbaijan6,900Unengaged and UnreachedBelarusianEastern Orthodox Christianity
BelarusiansPG017330BelarusiansArgentina4,600No Longer UnreachedBelarusianUnaffiliated
BelarusiansPG024610BelarusiansTurkmenistan4,600Unengaged and UnreachedBelarusianEastern Orthodox Christianity
BelarusiansPG024501BelarusiansTajikistan4,300Unengaged and UnreachedBelarusianEastern Orthodox Christianity

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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