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The Southern Krumen of Liberia

The Southern Krumen of Liberia, numbering approximately 5,900 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a West African ethnic group indigenous to western Cote d'Ivoire and eastern Liberia. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Tepo Krumen is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Liberia
People Cluster: Kru
Primary Language(s): Tepo Krumen (ted)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 5,900
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG013526
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Pray for the Southern Krumen of Liberia

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

75%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tepo Krumen
Language Family: Kru

100%
%
Krumen, Tepo Speakers

Media Resources in Tepo Krumen:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Tepo Krumen:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1995 Edition✓

1 entry

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Or check out the Tepo Krumen bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Southern Krumen 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 Southern Krumen:
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 Southern Krumen of Liberia

He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him
readLuke 10:34

Pray that the lost among them will experience the kind of compassion Jesus taught His followers to show others, and that they will trust in Him because He is the one who brings healing to the broken and lost.

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.

Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.
readExodus 4:12

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will equip them with the words and wisdom to proclaim His message effectively.

There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.
readMark 7:15

Pray for Christians to take any opportunity to share the hope of Jesus with lost people here, praying they will be wise like Jesus as they share the truth about what can defile people and what can make them clean.

Krumen, Tepo Across Countries (ROP3 - 105322) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Southern KrumenPG013130Southern KrumenCote d’Ivoire59,000No Longer UnreachedTepo KrumenProtestantism
Southern KrumenPG013526Southern KrumenLiberia5,900No Longer UnreachedTepo KrumenRoman Catholicism

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