• PEOPLE NAME: JUR LUO OF SOUTH SUDAN

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PEID: 12091

ROP: 104331

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Nilotic

Language: Luwo - (lwo)

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Primary Religion: Christianity - Evangelical Protestantism

Country: South Sudan

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Population: 184,000

Global Population: 184,000


PEID: 12091

ROP: 104331

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity


Overview: The Jur Luo of South Sudan, numbering 184,000, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the Nilotic people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in South Sudan. Their primary language is Luwo. The primary religion practiced by the Jur Luo is Evangelical Protestantism, a worldwide trans-denominational movement within Protestant Christianity that believes the essence of the Gospel consists of the doctrine of salvation by grace alone, solely through faith in the atonement of Jesus Christ.


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