People group profile · PG024185
The Northern Luri of Iran
The Northern Luri of Iran, numbering about 2,230,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Indo-Iranian ethnolinguistic community of western Iran.
They are an indigenous people in the Luri-Bakhtiari people cluster of the Persian-Median Peoples. Their primary religion is Shia Islam, and they primarily speak Northern Luri.
Fast facts
- Country
- Iran
- Population
- 2,230,000
- Affinity group
- Central Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Luri-Bakhtiari
- Primary language
- Northern Luri (lrc)
- Primary religion
- Shia Islam
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Ilam province; Hamadan province: south; Khuzestan province: Andimeshk; Lorestan province: Borujerd, and Khorramabad; Markazi province: south edge
Where they live
Gospel status
The Northern Luri are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Northern Luri
- Continue prayer and fasting for this group
- Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
- Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people
Primary religion
Shia Islam · Islam
80% adherents
Primary language
Northern Luri · Indo-European family
90% speak Northern Luri
Gospel resources in Northern Luri
- Bible available, published -
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Luri (Luristan Province, Iran))
Bibles
- Korpu Ltd · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Northern Luri
- 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.
- 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.
Luri, Northern in other countries
The same people (ROP3 114989) is reported in 1 other country.
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