Points of Prayer

  • Pray for the safety, growth, and spiritual maturity of the over 25,000 Christians in unregistered churches that are facing persecution, arrest, and torture from target attacks by government controlled media and police. 

  • 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 a miraculous explosion of religious freedom as well as stability in the region.

  • Pray for believers to be bold in evangelism as foreign workers are expelled.

  • Boasting a 99% literacy level, all media is government controlled, and free access to information is nonexistent. Pray for the rise of individuals and groups alike to have courage, and for their safety as they find create ways to access this information as their nation continues to grow. “If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.”-John 14:4

  • As Uzbekistan is in the top twenty most persecuted nations in the world, pray for the thirty-four of the sixty-one unreached people to have access to hear the Gospel. 

Romans 1:16 in Uzbekistan’s Official Language
РИМЛИКЛАР 1:16 - Мен Хушхабардан ор қилмайман, чунки Худонинг куч–қудрати бўлган бу Хушхабар орқали унга ишонганларнинг ҳаммаси қутқарилади. Ишонадиганлар яҳудийми, ғайрияҳудийми, фарқи йўқ!

Uzbekistan

 

Country Facts

Population

31,104,937 (2022 est.)

Ethnic Groups

Uzbek 83.8%, Tajik 4.8%, Kazakh 2.5%, Russian 2.3%, Karakalpak 2.2%, Tatar 1.5%, other 2.9% (2017 est.)

Languages

Uzbek (official) 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%

Religions

Muslim 88% (mostly Sunni), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%

Location

Central Asia, north of Turkmenistan, south of Kazakhstan.

Refugees & Displaced Peoples

refugees (country of origin): 13,031 (Afghanistan) (mid-year 2022)
stateless persons: 31,829 (2022)

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