One Billion Hours
of Prayer  
for the 10/40 Window

May 27 / Kumyk

Description: The Kumyk are a Turkic speaking people group living in Dagestan, a Russian provinece bordering the Caspian sea. They live primarily in the Kumyk plateu where they raise sheep, cattle, horses and buffalo. Secondary industries include leather products, rug-making and textiles made from wood and cotton.

Prayer Points:
• The Kumyk practice a highly syncretistic version of Sunni Islam, retaining many elements of their animistic past. Pray for deliverance from evil spiritual powers associated with this traditional religion, and also pray for the redemption of good aspects of this pre-Islamic culture.
• The Kumyk have a rich cultural history in the arts, with extensive literature, folklore, dance and music. Pray that these art-forms might be used to bring the gospel to the Kumyk in a culturally sensitve way.
• Men are traditionally distant from their children in Kumyk culture. Pray for the restoration of their role as fathers through knowing Jesus.

A Prayer: Heavenly Father, may your purposes and plans for the Kumyk people in Christ begin to unfold among them as they are drawn into your love through your Son.

Every year 4,000 Kumyk die without Christ, many of whom never hear the gospel in their lifetime. Let's do something to change that.