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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Southern Luri of Iran

The Southern Luri of Iran, numbering approximately 1,205,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Indo-Iranian ethnolinguistic community of southwestern Iran, speakers of Southern Luri, whose identity is rooted in the Zagros region's tribal traditions, pastoral heritage, and Shia Muslim faith. They mostly adhere to Shia Islam and Southern Luri is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Persian-Median Peoples
Country: Iran
People Cluster: Luri-Bakhtiari
Primary Language(s): Southern Luri (luz)
Primary Religion(s): Shia Islam
Population: 1,205,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG024186
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Shia Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

90%
%
Shia Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Southern Luri
Language Family: Indo-European

50%
%
Luri, Southern Speakers

Media Resources in Southern Luri:

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Bible Resources in Southern Luri:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Southern Luri 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 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

Pray specifically for the Southern Luri of Iran

Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
read1 John 3:8

Pray for those living in darkness to recognize the destructive power of sin and the victory Christ has won over it.

Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward.
readPsalm 127:3

Pray that God will bless this generation of children, that they will come to know Jesus early in life and follow Him always.

He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken.
readPsalm 62:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be in awe of Jesus, remembering that He is their rock, their fortress, and their salvation.

For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.
read2 Corinthians 1:8-9

Pray that as people hear and believe the gospel, they will be faithful as they walk through trials and will have an opportunity to be a witness to others in this people group of the goodness of God.

Luri, Southern Across Countries (ROP3 - 114987) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Southern LuriPG024186Southern LuriIran1,205,000Engaged yet UnreachedSouthern LuriShia Islam
Southern LuriPG050371Southern LuriUnited States50Engaged yet UnreachedSouthern LuriShia Islam

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