In 1987, some 20,000 boys who fled the Sudanese civil war became stateless – their parents and families had been killed, and there was no prospect of being reintegrated in the country they had fled to avoid death or forced conscription into the northern Army. Some of them were eventually resettled in the USA and now one of these, Gabriel Garang Atem, has now been ordained a deacon by the Bishop of Utah.
09 December 2015
In significant meetings in Cairo last week alliances were formed for peace between Muslims and Christians in Sudan, South Sudan and Malaysia. The Primate of Jerusalem and the Middle East, Archbishop Mouneer Anis, organised meetings between Anglican leaders and the Grand Iman of Al-Azhar – the renowned Islamic university, mosque and centre in Cairo – and the Coptic Pope.
10 November 2015
While persecuted Christian refugees are praying for entry into Australia, one Sudanese man is risking it all to make a difference by returning to his homeland.
09 November 2015
The Bishop of Nzara, Samuel Enosa Peni, has told a congregation at Trinity Episcopal Church in Waterloo, Iowa, about life for Christians in South Sudan under five decades of civil war, a brief moment of unity at the new nation’s Independence Day, and then another civil war.
06 November 2015
A response from the Church of England to a request from the Bishop of New Zealand for a boat to be used in missionary work in 1850 led to mission outreach work whose fruit is seen today in a number of Anglican provinces.
29 October 2015
Churches continue to play their role in peace building for South Sudan despite the dashed hopes of many in the world’s newest nation, the moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) said at a regional meeting.
19 October 2015
The Archbishop of Sudan, part of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan and Sudan, has been awarded this year’s Pro Fide award by the Finnish based religious liberty group Friends of the Martyred Church.
05 October 2015
WCC event hears about next steps towards peace from South Sudan Council of Churches general secretary
15 September 2015
Notes from discussion on 3 September
03 September 2015
Call for prayer and process of reconciliation
03 September 2015