People group profile · PG012165
The Tulishi of Sudan
The Tulishi of Sudan, numbering about 3,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Sudan.
They are an indigenous people in the Nuba Mountains people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Tulishi.
Fast facts
- Country
- Sudan
- Population
- 3,000
- Affinity group
- Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
- People cluster
- Nuba Mountains
- Primary language
- Tulishi (tey)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC ?
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Northern Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Tulishi are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Tulishi
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Sunni Islam · Islam
Primary language
Tulishi · Kadugli-Krongo family
59% speak Tulishi
Gospel resources in Tulishi
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Tulishi
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
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