The Kru of Liberia

The Kru of Liberia, numbering approximately 460,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a West African ethnic group indigenous to western Cote d'Ivoire and eastern Liberia. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Klao is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Liberia
People Cluster: Kru
Primary Language(s): Klao (klu)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 460,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013510
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Pray for the Kru of Liberia

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

55%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Klao
Language Family: Kru

100%
%
Klao Speakers

Media Resources in Klao:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Bible Resources in Klao:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1998 Bible Society in Liberia✓✓

1 entry

Or check out the Klao bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Kru are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Kru:
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

Pray specifically for the Kru of Liberia

Only in the LORD, it shall be said of me, are righteousness and strength; to him shall come and be ashamed all who were incensed against him.
readIsaiah 45:24

Pray that those who are weary and burdened by their own righteousness will find rest in the righteousness that comes through faith in Christ alone.

Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear.
readMatthew 13:8-9

Pray that they will have open hearts and minds to the Word of God, and that it will take root in their lives and bear fruit for His glory.

Jesus said, ‘Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.
readMark 10:29-30

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will know that when they make sacrifices to follow Jesus, He is there with them and will bless them abundantly in this life and in the life to come.

The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”
readJohn 1:35-36

Pray for those God sends to cross cultures to share the gospel, that they might faithfully share the good news of the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

Kru Across Countries (ROP3 - 105323) reported in the following countries:

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