Christianity in Uzbekistan

Factors to the decline included a plague that spread into the region which killed off much of the Christian communities living there.

[3] However, due to a lack of reliable records, the details surrounding the decline of the Syriac Christians of the area remains obscure.

[4] A 2015 study estimates some 10,000 believers in Christ from a Muslim background in the country, most of them belonging to some sort of evangelical or charismatic Protestant community.

Since 1992 Uzbekistan authorities continue to deny legal registration to all congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses except for one in Chirchik.

Under Uzbek law, Jehovah's Witnesses have a right to hold meetings only in the Kingdom Hall, while any religious propaganda is prohibited.