People Group Prayer Guides
Pray for the Muslims of Moscow
February 2008
Please pray for the many Central Asians who leave their families and their home countries while they go to work in Moscow. They are not usually welcomed there. Many of them are harassed and discriminated against. Even though they are working in a land that proclaims Christianity, they very seldom hear or see the Good News.
- Pray that local Russian speaking churches would be a blessing to Muslims living in Moscow.
- Pray that local believers communicate the Good News in a culturally relevant way to these Central Asian peoples.
As the snow fills the streets and sidewalks of Moscow it is usually scraped off as soon as it hits the ground. Each morning people are awoken by the sounds of metal against the asphalt sidewalks. This noise is created by a band of street cleaners, most of whom are Central Asians. Most of these men have left their homes in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan,Tajikistan, and some other CA countries. They are in Moscow to make money in order to send back to their families. These men work twelve or more hours a day, seven days a week. The only thanks they receive for their hard work is a small paycheck and harassment by the local authorities because of their skin color. As they work in Moscow many of them are lonely, missing their families and looking for purpose in life.
- Please ask that Central Asians working in Moscow will hear the Good News that God has a purpose for their lives.
- Pray that God would soften their hearts to receive the Good News. Pray that they would take the message of God's love back to their families and their homelands.
The produce and meat markets in Moscow are a great place to find all kinds of produce and meat. Many of the people working in these markets are foreigners from Central Asia. The mostly male work force comes from such places as Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and some other Central Asian countries.
- Pray that these men would meet Jesus, the bread of life.
Learn more
Story: The changing face of Moscow
Download a PowerPoint presentation about the Muslims of Moscow
Download a PDF of the bulletin insert about the Muslims of Moscow
