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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Glio of Liberia

The Glio of Liberia, numbering approximately 7,800 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic community of Liberia They are an Indigenous people, with Glio as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Kru people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. They mostly adhere to Animism and Glio-Oubi is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Glio

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Liberia
People Cluster: Kru
Primary Language(s): Glio-Oubi (oub)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 7,800
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG013497
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Pray for the Glio of Liberia

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

60%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Glio-Oubi
Language Family: Kru

100%
%
Glio-Oubi Speakers

Media Resources in Glio-Oubi:

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Bible Resources in Glio-Oubi:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Glio are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Glio:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Glio of Liberia

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
read1 Timothy 6:9

Pray for those, rich and poor, who have put their trust in worldly things, and ask that they will be honest with themselves, acknowledge their need for God and turn to Him.

So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.
readRomans 9:16

Pray that the merciful God who is at work in people's hearts will advance His gospel among them.

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.
readRevelation 21:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and walk through challenges, they will find comfort in God's promise of a beautiful future when there is no pain or suffering for those who belong to Christ.

Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as happened among you, and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men. For not all have faith. But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.
read2 Thessalonians 3:1-3

Pray that the Word of God will spread throughout this people group and be honored. Ask God to establish His people and guard them from the evil one, testifying to this whole people group of His great faithfulness.

Glio Across Countries (ROP3 - 103394) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▼PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
GlioPG013497GlioLiberia7,800No Longer UnreachedGlio-OubiAnimism
OubiPG013123OubiCote d’Ivoire6,200No Longer UnreachedGlio-OubiRoman Catholicism

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