Resources
Mission practitioners and local leaders have labored together to produce effective, culturally relevant resources for reaching Azerbaijanis with the Gospel and making disciples. We are pleased to share a sampling of what is available.
LEARN
Language and Culture Resources
CULTURE
Article by Chris Jones featured by The Gospel Coalition. Learn how Azerbaijanis as one of the largest unreached people groups in the world are a strategic people for reaching others in the Turkic and Persian cultures.
LANGUAGE
Our friend Sevda has produced a series of high-quality videos for learning Azerbaijani. Her channel features over 40 lessons. Lesson sets included Azerbaijani for Beginners, Vocabulary, and Verbs.
HISTORY
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CULTURE
Country Life Vlog produces wonderful videos about country life in the Caucasus Mountains of Azerbaijan. Each video is a long-format chronicle of an Azerbaijani family harvesting and preparing food and tea.
CULTURE
Pomegranates & Saffron: A Culinary Journey to Azerbaijan
Many recipes by this author are also available at azcookbook.com.
CURRENT EVENTS
Eurasianet is an independent news organization that covers news from and about the South Caucasus and Central Asia, providing on-the-ground reporting and critical perspectives on developments in the region.
LANGUAGE
Word-for-word Scripture videos are divided into passages and subtitled in Azerbaijani. Click on "cc" to enable captions. Sentences are broken into 3-6 word phrases.
CULTURE
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Gospel and Scripture Resources
SCRIPTURE
Our network partners with field workers in the region to host the Life of Jesus on Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok and YouTube. Over 300 clips feature word-for-word Scripture passages from Gospel films dubbed by Faith Comes By Hearing.
SCRIPTURE
Kitab Shirketi offers a simple app with Azerbaijani language interface, featuring the Müqəddəs Kitab 2008 translation, as well as the newly released colloquial Xalq İncili 2020 translation.
SCRIPTURE
eBible presents the Azerbaijani Bible in a format that can be read online. It offers download options including .epub and .mobi file formats. It can also be viewed on mobile devices, including iPhones, as a progressive web app.
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Discipleship and Church Resources
DISCIPLESHIP
Bible study resources for Muslim-background believers and seekers. Studies in the Azerbaijani language include:
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Following Jesus Together for house churches
DISCIPLESHIP
One on One Discipleship
by Al & Lorraine Broom
A 9 lesson study covering:
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How to Be Sure You are a Christian
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Attributes of God
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How to Know the Bible
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Prayer
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The Spirit-Filled Life
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Fellowship
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Witnessing
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Temptation
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Obedience in the Christian Walk
WORSHIP
Five praise songs from the 1990's in English and Azerbaijani. Performed by Chris Jones.
WORSHIP
Sabina Panahova and The Vineyard Church in Azerbaijan have produced a large catalogue of lyric videos that can be used in house churches, prayer meetings and Bible studies.