Lutherans, Catholics, and Methodists. Mongols did not attend a regular church, but they did have their beliefs, “But religion and spirituality were a part of their life and culture. Genghis Khan and his fellow Mongols followed a belief system called animism. Animists believe in a group of deities (gods and goddesses) and spirits who often represent parts of the natural world” (Behnke p. 17). We pray to God and Jesus, the Mongols did have a powerful figure they looked up to, “The most powerful figure