Source: Evangelical Focus, August 8, 2025
According to the North Caucasian Evangelical Alliance, at the beginning of 2024, substantial groups of locals in almost every ethnic group in the Russian part of the Caucasus professed faith in Jesus.
Just a few years ago, most of the peoples of the Caucasus were considered unreached by the gospel. Professing Christians were virtually unknown among them. This has changed significantly in the meantime. According to the North Caucasian Evangelical Alliance, at the beginning of 2024, substantial groups of locals in almost every ethnic group in the Russian part of the Caucasus professed faith in Jesus.
Among them are 3,000 Ossetians, 700 Adyghe, 200 Kabardians, 100 Balkars, 70 Chechens, 50 Karachays, 40 Circassians, 15 Abazins, 15 Nogais, 3 Ingush, and around 300 representatives of the peoples of Dagestan.
The ice seems to be breaking. However, this development is less due to the efforts of missionaries, and certainly not to Western missionary efforts in the region, but rather marks an impressive spiritual awakening among the Caucasians.
As far as the Caucasus is concerned, we will probably have to go back to the origins of the Christian faith in the region and restore God’s history with the peoples of the region. Only in this way will they return to their own identity and thus also to the lost faith of their fathers.
Read the full story; quite thought-provoking and includes source info.