Ramadan Day 06 - Tatars / Tatarstan

30-Days of Prayer for the Muslim World
- Ramadan Day 06

Tatars / Tatarstan

The Tatars:
The Tatar language is Turkic in origin. There are about 7 million Tartars living throughout the Russian federation and several surrounding countries. Because of their extensive movements and intermarriage with other peoples, the Tatars have varied physical features from Mongoloid to Caucasian, blond hair to black. The majority of Tatars are Sunni Muslims.

Tatarstan:
This Republic of the Russian Federation is somewhat smaller than Scotland and is situated about 900 km (600 miles) east of Moscow. In the last 15 years there has been a significant surge of Islam in Tatarstan, though the majority of the Tatar population remains nominally or culturally Muslim.

In 1990 there were about 100 mosques in the entire Republic, and by 2004 there were over 1000. There are only 176 Russian Orthodox churches in Tatarstan and small numbers of Catholic, Evangelical, Pentecostal, or Charismatic churches. While the evangelicals among Tatar background believers are starting to number in the hundreds and possibly thousands, there are still millions of Tatars with no profound or saving knowledge of the gospel.

Let’s Pray:

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* Pray that the Gospel would be preached in Tatarstan.

* The Tatar need to discover the Gospel. Pray they can find Christian films, recordings, websites, the Bible, and Christian literature.

* Pray for new, healthy, strong, and multiplying churches throughout Tatarstan.


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