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Category Archives: Turkey
Pray for Turkey!
Today I want to encourage you to pray for the Turkish people in Turkey. This is clearly the largest people group in Turkey, numbering about 50 million out of a total population of 75 million in the nation. The Turks … Continue reading
Church building attacked in Turkey. Indication of increasing resistance to Christianity. Please pray for Turkey!
Here is a story I just got in my e-mail this morning, related to the increasing opposition of Christians in Turkey: A church in Turkey has experienced increased harassment in recent weeks, possibly as a result of the Quran burnings … Continue reading
Pray for Turkey – Armenian, Ermeni
The Aremenian people in Turkey have undergone tremendous amounts of pain in the past 100 years. Millions were deported and killed in a genocide during World War I, and the effects linger to this day. Currently there are approximately 60,000 … Continue reading
Pray for Turkey – Arab, North Iraqi
The North Iraqi people in Turkey number about 500,000, so it is not a small group. Worldwide there are about 7 million Arab, North Iraqi people. This group is predominantly Muslim, with very few Christians (<1%) and a very small … Continue reading
Pray for Turkey – Arab, Lebanese
The Arab, Lebanese population in Turkey is quite large, reaching just over 1 million people in total. Worldwide, there are over 10 million who fall into this people group, and they are thoroughly Islamic in their cultures and religions. This … Continue reading
Pray for Turkey – Americans, U.S.
There are almost 7,500 people from the United States living in Turkey. The religious beliefs of these people is completely unknown, though we can assume that some are Christians who have gone to Turkey to share the gospel. I actually … Continue reading
Pray for Turkey – Albanian, Tosk
There is little known about the Albanian, Tosk of Turkey. There is a population of about 65,000 in Turkey, though there are about 2.5 million around the world. The percentage of evangelical Christians in that people group is about 0.55%, … Continue reading
Pray for Turkey – Adyghe, Kabardian
What are their beliefs? Although Christianity was introduced to the Circassian between the sixth and twelfth centuries by Byzantine missionaries, they have been Sunni Muslims for the past three or four hundred years. Nevertheless, many traditional relics and some forms … Continue reading
Pray for Turkey – Adyghe
What are their beliefs? Many Circassians were Christianized under Georgian and Byzantine influence in the 6th century. However, under the growing influence of the Ottomans, Islam gradually replaced Christianity and became fully established in the 18th and 19th century, blending … Continue reading
Pray for Turkey – Abkhaz
What are their beliefs? Although most of the Abkhazian of Russia and Georgia are Christians, those in Turkey are Muslims. Islam is a religion of works based on five basic “pillars” or requirements. Muslims must affirm that “there is no … Continue reading
