TAJIKISTAN

Tajikistan. General Information

Area: 143,100 thousand sq. km. Population: 9 million people (2022) State language: Tajik. Capital: Dushanbe. State system: Secular democratic (Hanafi folk Islam). Nationalities: Tajiks (79.9%), Uzbeks (15.3%), Russians (1 .1%), Kyrgyz(1.1%), the rest (2.6%). Religions: Islam - - 99% other 1%

Challengesand opportunities:

•Statistics of youth in the Republic of Tajikistan:

•67%of the population are people under 30

•The church is persecuted by the state authorities.

•Sports popularity statistics:

•In all cities of the country, the city administration is actively building sports fields, without a plan for their future use.

•Across the country, propaganda work among the population for the development of sports (MMA, football, wrestling)

Sport ministry vision:

•We see a coach whose life is transformed by his obedience to Jesus Christ and His word, influencing the values of his colleagues and athletes through his coaching, the study of theScriptures, and practical life with Christ.

The history of the development of sports ministry and the experience of other projects:

-Sports ministry in Tajikistan for more than 10 years.
- There is a team of Christian coaches
- The influence of believers-coaches through the main sports in society(football, MMA)
Football:
- football teams in 6 villages in threeregions
- The project "Football is comingto you" for 3 years of work, coverage amounted to 15,000 children
- Training of coaches both professionally and spiritually MMA:
- 4 clubs only in the country
- Field to serve over 200 MMA clubs throughout the country
- Training of coaches to send further to the regions
- Organization of tournaments and championships at the state level

Tajikistan Sports Ministry Team

1. Boyboboev Zoir - football coach in the north of the country

2. Nabiev Bakhrom - swimming coach in the north of the country

3. Narzikulov Ulmas - football coach in the north of the country

4. Sanginov Bakhridin - football coach in Dushanbe

5. Akramov Behzod - MMA coach in Dushanbe

6. Batyrshin Ignat - cycling coach in Dushanbe

7. Gulov Bahadur - frisbee coach in the south ofthe country

8. Gulov Firuz - floorball and volleyball coach in thesouth of the country

9. Vitaliy Shamaev - Fitness coach in Dushanbe

Strategic team of the country:

In which Sports and areas do we present Christ in the Country:

•Football •Taekwondo •MMA

•Coaches families care •Student League •Translation Projects

•Football Academy •Cycling •Frisbee

•Swimming •Family games •Home Churches

•Kids games •Volleyball •Floorball

•Reaching minorities •Sports towns •Business incubator

The success stories of the team in the ministry over the past year:

- Home churches: 8 churches (45 people)

- Disciples: 20 people

- Baptisms: 10 people

- Work with Afghans (families of the world): 5 people (persons of peace)

- DBSgroup with Luli(Gypsies): 25 people

- Regular sharing Gospel with the Muslim families: 1,200 families

Tools we use to share Gospel and raise disciples:

•PersonalTestimony

•Soccer ball " book without words"

•Evangelization Cube

•ScriptureStudy Groups

•3D Coaching

•OnlineDBS

•3/3on the sports fields

Desciplemaking tools on the fileds:

Soccer

MMA

Outreaches of the minority ethnic groups:

Coaches

Soccer Academy

Floorball

Future plans you can support us in:

•3Christian leagues: Soccer, MMA, Floorball

•2Sports festivals for children and families across the South part of Tajikistan

•15Sports Camps

•Start 4 sports clubs frisbee, Floorball, MMA

•Openingof a group for the study of Scripture among students who play floorball

•Openingtaekwondo clubs among Afghan refugees

•LocalSports School for disciple-making strategy

•Constructionof a 1 football field in the northern part of the country