Kresh, Kparla in South Sudan
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| People Name: | Kresh, Kparla |
| Country: | South Sudan |
| 10/40 Window: | No |
| Population: | 15,000 |
| World Population: | 50,000 |
| Primary Language: | Gbaya |
| Primary Religion: | Islam |
| Christian Adherents: | 17.00 % |
| Evangelicals: | 4.00 % |
| Scripture: | New Testament |
| Ministry Resources: | Yes |
| Jesus Film: | Yes |
| Audio Recordings: | Yes |
| People Cluster: | Sudanic |
| Affinity Bloc: | Sub-Saharan Peoples |
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Introduction / History
The Kreshs speak Gbaya. They live in southern Sudan and South Sudan.
What Are Their Lives Like?
Kresh people are agro-pastoralists who raise cattle ang goats and grow cereal crops. They also hunt and fish for their food needs. Their homes lack electricity. They are thatched-roof huts.
Wealthier Kresh men can have more than one wife. There is a bride price, paid in livestock, and families arrange marriages. As is common in Sudan, they often marry their cousins. Men will marry their brother s wife if he dies. This helps maintain family alliances.
What Are Their Beliefs?
Kreshs are unusual in that they have a Muslim majority, but a large Christian minority.
What Are Their Needs?
The fighting in Sudan limits the infrastructure. Like others in Sudan, the Kreshs don t have adequate schools, hospitals, running water, electricity, or roads, because the government is putting the country s resources into fighting insurgents.
Prayer Points
Pray for a movement to Christ among the Kresh people, especially among the Muslims.
Pray for Kresh Muslims to understand they need a sin-free savior to pay for their sins.
Pray for a complete and accurate Bible in their Gbaya language.
Pray for Kresh Christ bearers to make disciples of the Muslims.