• PEOPLE NAME: TURU OF INDONESIA


PEID: 23073

ROP: 115355

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Pacific Islanders

People Cluster: New Guinea

Language: Iau - (tmu)

Alternate Name(s): Urundi, Papuan Tribal Sub-cluster, Iaw

Primary Religion: Christianity - Evangelical Protestant

Country: Indonesia

Also found in:

Population: 1,600

Global Population: 1,600


PEID: 23073

ROP: 115355

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Turu of Indonesia, numbering 1,600, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the New Guinea people cluster within the Pacific Islanders affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Indonesia. Their primary language is Iau. The primary religion practiced by the Turu 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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