People group profile · PG050371
The Southern Luri of the United States
The Southern Luri of the United States, numbering about 50 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Indo-Iranian ethnolinguistic community of western Iran.
They are a diaspora people in the Luri-Bakhtiari people cluster of the Persian-Median Peoples. Their primary religion is Shia Islam, and they primarily speak Southern Luri.
Fast facts
- Country
- United States
- Population
- 50
- Affinity group
- Central Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Luri-Bakhtiari
- Primary language
- Southern Luri (luz)
- Primary religion
- Shia Islam
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Northern America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Southern 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 Southern 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
90% adherents
Primary language
Southern Luri · Indo-European family
100% speak Southern Luri
Gospel resources in Southern Luri
- Bible available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Southern Luri
- 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.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
Southern Luri in other countries
The same people is also reported in 1 other country.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Luri | Iran | 1,200,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
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