Turkey: Unreached people group

Written by Super User 02 Jun 2023
Turkey: Unreached people group

The Sunni Zaza are nomadic shepherds and farmers who practise mysticism. Years of repression leaves them crying out to God for help. Their Sunni Muslim mystical faith is rooted in shamanism and Zoroastrianism – spirituality not easily broken. Yet God is overcoming spiritual obstacles and a few dozen believers have emerged among Zaza speakers. Zaza has almost no literary tradition except a specimen of a poem praising Muhammad. Recently two magazines written in Zaza have emerged. See This little but growing church worships in Turkish - as they wait for biblical resources in their own dialects. The spoken word is more natural to Zazas than the written word, pray for workers to know how to develop fruitful oral resources.

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  • Pray: for God to remove all spiritual blindness caused by false religion and release people into the freedom of the Holy Spirit’s revelation of Christ as their Saviour and God as their Father. (Luke 19:10)