• POPULATION: over 12 million
• LANGUAGE: Uyghur
• RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND: Islam, Folk Islam
• PROGRESS: .01% Christian (.01% Evangelical)
• BIBLE TRANSLATION: Complete

Most Uyghur live in the Xinjiang province in southwestern China, but there are 350,000 in neighboring Kazakhstan. Today, although almost all Uyghur confess to be Muslims, few are aware of the time in history when the majority of Uygur were Christians.

Prayer Request:

Pray that the Uyghurs in Xinjiang will be free from genocide, internment and forced labor and that they will hear the gospel message and find hope in Jesus. Pray that God will stir the non-Uyghur Christ-followers living near them to reach the Uyghurs with the gospel of peace.

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