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Belarus

Unreached peoples of Belarus

An overview of the country's people groups, focusing on those who still have little or no access to the gospel in their own language and culture.

Overview

Belarus is ethnically homogeneous, with a large majority of Belarusians, plus minorities of Russians, Poles and Ukrainians. The greatest spiritual challenge lies not in ethnic barriers but in deep secularization and nominal Christianity: most know the name of Christ, yet few live an active, personal faith. There are groups with little access to a living witness of the gospel, and faith communities that grow under restrictions.

In the country i
70.4%Christians
2.2%evangelicals
By population i
1%unreached
0%significantly reached
  • 1% Unreached (89K)
  • 0% Minimally reached (3K)
  • 97.2% Superficially reached (8.7M)
  • 1.8% Partially reached (159K)
  • 0% Significantly reached (0)
By people groups i
16people groups
5unreached · 31.2%
  • 31.2% Unreached (5)
  • 6.2% Minimally reached (1)
  • 43.8% Superficially reached (7)
  • 18.8% Partially reached (3)
  • 0% Significantly reached (0)

Source of people group data: Joshua Project (joshuaproject.net). Estimates, may vary.

Source: Joshua Project. Estimates, may vary.

Unreached people groups · 16
People Population Language Evang. Chr.
North Azeri 10.4M North Azerbaijani 0.2% 0.5%
Tatar 5.7M Tatar 0.4% 2.6%
Tajik Frontier 12.3M Tajik 0.1% 0.1%
Polish 42.9M Polish 0.3% 90%
Deaf Frontier 27.5M Pakistan Sign Language 1.8% 3.7%
Chuvash 1.1M Chuvash 1.5% 50%
Lithuanian 2.9M Lithuanian 1.4% 85.7%
Mordvinian 109K Erzya 1.4% 61.8%
Russian 134.2M Russian 1.5% 64.9%
Belarusian 8.6M Belarusian 1.8% 69.6%

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