Bible
work in Azerbaijan
Kitab Shirketi, the Book Company, conducts Bible work in Azerbaijan. (For any correspondence or more information please contact the UBS Europe-Middle East Area Service Center)
Country Data:
| Area: | 86,600 sq.km. | |
| Population: | 7,908,224 (1999) | |
| Annual Per Capita Income: | US$630 (2000) | |
| Literate Population: | 99.6% (1995) | |
| Religions in % of Population (1995): | Shi’i Muslim |
65.4%
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| Sunni Muslim |
28.0%
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| Russian Orthodox |
2.5%
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| Armenian Apostolic |
2.3%
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| Jewish |
0.4%
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| Other |
1.4%
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| Official Language: | Azeri | |
Bible Work Data:
| Beginning of organised work: | 1867 | |
| Date of formation of Kitab: | 1995 | |
| Scripture distribution in 2005: | |||||
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Bibles
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New
Testaments |
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| 136 | 5,411 | 137,316 | 0 | 110 | 0 |
Azerbaijan focus
Azerbaijan Focus part two
Bible work in a land of vast contrasts (Focus part one)(December 2006)
Planting the seeds of God’s Word among refugees (December 2006)
Photo stories from the war zone (December 2006)
Refugee families welcome Scriptures (December 2006)
Vasif’s big day (December 2006)
‘We have lost hope’ (December 2006)
The poet (December 2006)
Taking ‘little candles’ into people’s homes (July 2006)
‘I gave Scriptures to my dentist – and to the National Folk Music Orchestra’
(April/May 2006)
Zemphyra’s miracle (Nagorno-Karabakh) (March 2006)
So many opportunities to share God’s Word in Azerbaijan (February 2005)
Azerbaijan: a country at the crossroads (Dec. 2004/Jan. 2005)
Challenging journey for pioneers of Bible work in Azerbaijan (Dec. 2004/Jan. 2005)
On the road with the Bible message in Azerbaijan (Dec. 2004/Jan. 2005)
‘The best way to evangelise is to cook a meal’: spreading the Gospel Azeri-style (Azerbaijan) (Dec. 2004/Jan. 2005)
Azeri Old Testament makes good progress (October 2002)
Snapshots from Azerbaijan (June 2001)
Audio Scriptures Bring Joy to Azeri People (March 2001)
Azerbaijan Soldier ‘Can’t Live Without the Bible’ (July/August 1999)
The Bible in the Land of the Black Gold (November 1998)
From Hatred to Love and the Bible (November 1998)
Jesus Brought Meaning to a Young Woman’s Life (November 1998)
