Mongolia
Geography
604,247 sq miles (1.565 million sq km) in Northern Asia, landlocked between China and Russia. This is comprised of vast semidesert and desert plains, grassy steppe, and mountains in west and southwest. Gobi Desert is in the south-central area of the country.
Population
2,694,432 (July 2002 est.)
Mongol (predominantly Khalkha) 85%, Turkic (of which Kazakh is the largest group) 7%, Tungusic 4.6%, other (including Chinese and Russian) 3.4% (1998)
Languages
Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian
Capital
Ulaanbaatar
Political Status
Parliamentary
Religion
Tibetan Buddhist Lamaism 96%, Muslim (primarily in the southwest), Shamanism, and Christian 4% (1998)
Ministry History
Global Teams is currently gathering a team with the long term vision of seeing a people movement emerge among the several unreached people groups in Mongolia.
Field Goals
- Develop a prayer network to support the future ministry.
- Recruit 4-6 long term and several short term missionaries for ministry in Mongolia through education, business development and other ministry platforms.
