Points of Prayer

Pray for the stability of the region.
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.
Pray for easier access to modern translations of the Bible in Cyrillic and Latin scripts.

Romans 1:16 in Turkmenistan’s Official Language
Rimliler 1:16 - Men bu Hoş Habary wagyz etmekden utanmaýaryn, sebäbi ol Hudaýyň güýjüdir. Hudaý bu Hoş Habar arkaly her bir iman edeni: ilki bilen ýahudylary, soňra ýahudy dälleri halas edýär.

Turkmenistan

Country Facts

Population

5,636,011 (2022 est.)

Ethnic Groups

Turkmen 85%, Uzbek 5%, Russian 4%, other 6% (2003 est.).

Languages

Turkmen (official) 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7%

Religions

Muslim 93%, Christian 6.4%, Buddhist <1%, folk religion <1%, Jewish <1%, other <1%, unspecified <1% (2020 est.).

Location

Central Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Kazakhstan.

Refugees & Displaced Peoples

stateless persons: 4,463 (2022)

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