Note: The following story gives an example of one man's life of the Ingush people living in 20th century Russia.
Imran stood over the fresh grave, enduring the cold winds of the mountain valley that leads to Magas, the capital of the province of Ingushetia in southern Russia. Stalin's KGB gathered the family of his seven year old grandfather and the whole Ingush nation into rail cars on February 23, 1944. His grandpa survived the three-week rail journey to the Central Asian steppe of Kazakhstan with no heat, no food, and only melted snow for water. Finally, in 1957, the Russians allowed his grandfather to return to his home region of Ingushetia. Sadly, Ossetian families had resettled his village home, where Stalin had sent them to take over Ingush lands. Imran, whose own father died in the 1992 war between the Ingush and Ossetians, now couldn't bury his grandfather in the centuries-old family cemetery. Mercifully, Imran's new boss in a Russian construction firm happened to be a Protestant Christian. His new boss was very helpful to Imran in his search to find a location to bury his grandfather. His boss even helped pay for the burial plot! Imran was left with a lot of questions, the foremost being, "where does such love and compassion come from?"
From their six villages, the Ingush practice animal husbandry.
The Ingush practice Sunni Islam. There are about 30 scattered Ingush followers of Christ.
The Ingush people need these few believers to shine with the light of the Holy Spirit and take Christ's great name to every Ingush village.
Pray for open Ingush hearts to hear the gospel.
Pray for more of Christ's ambassadors to go to the Ingush people and practice audacious love such as the Christian boss we read about earlier.
Pray for workers to go to the Ingush to distribute the Ingush JESUS Film and to translate the Bible and other resources into the Ingush language.
Pray for the establishment of a viable, indigenous and reproducing Ingush church.
Scripture Prayers for the Ingush, Galgai in Russia.
http://www.globalprayerdigest.org/issue/day/2017/03/29
http://www.globalprayerdigest.org/issue/day/2014/03/29
http://www.globalprayerdigest.org/issue/day/2013/03/20
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Profile Source: Joshua Project |
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People Name General | Ingush |
People Name in Country | Ingush, Galgai |
Natural Name | Ingush |
Alternate Names | Galgai; Ingus |
Population this Country | 517,000 |
Population all Countries | 536,000 |
Total Countries | 3 |
Indigenous | Yes |
Progress Scale | 1 ● |
Unreached | Yes |
Frontier People Group | Yes |
GSEC | 1 (per PeopleGroups.org) |
Pioneer Workers Needed | 10 |
People ID | 12231 |
ROP3 Code | 104033 |
ROP25 Code | 303212 |
ROP25 Name | Ingush |
Country | Russia | ||
Region | Europe, Eastern and Eurasia | ||
Continent | Asia | ||
10/40 Window | No | ||
National Bible Society | Website | ||
Persecution Rank | Not ranked | ||
Location in Country | Ingushetiya Republic, Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya, Kabardino-Balkariya, and Chechnya Republic. Source: Ethnologue 2016 |
Country | Russia |
Region | Europe, Eastern and Eurasia |
Continent | Asia |
10/40 Window | No |
National Bible Society | Website |
Persecution Rank | Not ranked |
Location in Country | Ingushetiya Republic, Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya, Kabardino-Balkariya, and Chechnya Republic.. Source: Ethnologue 2016 |
Primary Religion: | Islam |
Major Religion ▲ | Percent |
---|---|
Buddhism |
0.00 %
|
Christianity (Evangelical 0.00 %) |
0.00 %
|
Ethnic Religions |
0.00 %
|
Hinduism |
0.00 %
|
Islam |
100.00 %
|
Non-Religious |
0.00 %
|
Other / Small |
0.00 %
|
Unknown |
0.00 %
|
Primary Language | Ingush (517,000 speakers) |
Language Code | inh Ethnologue Listing |
Language Written | Yes ScriptSource Listing |
Total Languages | 1 |
Primary Language | Ingush (517,000 speakers) |
Language Code | inh Ethnologue Listing |
Total Languages | 1 |
People Groups | Speaking Ingush |
Primary Language: Ingush
Bible Translation ▲ | Status (Years) |
---|---|
Bible-Portions | Yes (2005-2021) |
Bible-New Testament | No |
Bible-Complete | No |
Possible Print Bibles | |
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Amazon | |
World Bibles | |
Forum Bible Agencies | |
National Bible Societies | |
World Bible Finder | |
Virtual Storehouse |
Resource Type ▲ | Resource Name | Source |
---|---|---|
Audio Recordings | Story of Jesus audio | Jesus Film Project |
Film / Video | Jesus Film: view in Ingush | Jesus Film Project |
General | Gospel resources links | Scripture Earth |
Text / Printed Matter | IBT, Russia - resources | Institute for Bible Translation - Russia |
Photo Source | United Nations - Flickr Creative Commons |
Map Source | Withheld by request Copyrighted © Used with permission |
Profile Source | Joshua Project |
Data Sources | Data is compiled from various sources. Learn more. |