Points of Prayer

  • Pray that the regions people would receive dreams, visions, and encounters with the Lord and that Jesus would be understood as the Son of God and Emmanuel—God with us.

  • As one of the world’s fastest growing economies, the majority, especially in rural areas, continue to suffer from poverty and ecological disasters, including toxic waste, radiation, and industrial pollution. Pray that the nation’s natural resources and wealth would be used to benefit the people so that they may live and thrive in a healthy environment .

  • Pray for Kazakh Christians to seize opportunities to evangelize to Central Asian immigrants as Kazakhstan is becoming a laborer sending nation that is reaching Central Asia and the unreached world at large.

  • Pray for well-trained and godly leaders despite most Bible schools and seminaries being closed.

  • Pray for the increasingly strict religion laws designed to oppose radical Islam but are also used to limit and restrict Christians with seminaries, Bible colleges, and discipleship schools reaming closed.  

  • Pray for the persecution of believers that is increasing, with harassment coming from authorities, unreached peoples, and non-believing family members. 

Romans 1:16 in Kazakhstans Official Language
РИМДІКТЕРГЕ ХАТ 1:16 - Мен Ізгі хабар үшін еш ұялмаймын, ол — Мәсіхке сенетін барлық адамдарды, алдымен яһудилерді, сондай-ақ басқа ұлт адамдарын да құтқаратын Құдайдың құдіреті!

Kazakhstan

 

Country Facts

Population

19,398,331 (2022 est.)

Ethnic Groups

Kazakh (Qazaq) 68%, Russian 19.3%, Uzbek 3.2%, Ukrainian 1.5%, Uighur 1.5%, Tatar 1.1%, German 1%, other 4.4% (2019 est.)

Languages

Kazakh (official, Qazaq) 83.1% (understand spoken language) and trilingual (Kazakh, Russian, English) 22.3% (2017 est.); Russian (official, used in everyday business, designated the "language of interethnic communication") 94.4% (understand spoken language) (2009 est.)

Religions

Muslim 70.2%, Christian 26.2% (mainly Russian Orthodox), other 0.2%, atheist 2.8%, unspecified 0.5% (2009 est.)

Location

Central Asia, northwest of China; a small portion west of the Ural (Oral) River in easternmost Europe

Refugees & Displaced Peoples

refugees (country of origin): 59,486 (Pakistan) (mid-year 2022)
Displaced People: 4.314 million (mostly Pashtuns and Kuchis displaced in the south and west due to natural disasters and political instability) (2021)

The World Factbook 2021. Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency, 2021.
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/