Your church may be bulldozed – warning
James Patterson
Officials in Sudan are warning the leaders of a church in the capital Khartoum that their building could be demolished at any time.
The director of planning of the Jebel Aulia District notified the leaders of the Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church in June, but did not give a date nor any details of compensation. The reason given for demolition is that the building is on land not designated for religious buildings. Sudanese authorities have previously claimed this without evidence. The building was constructed in 1991 after the congregation’s previous building in another area was demolished.
updates from the mission field
Bringing light through literacy in Africa
Serving In Mission UK (SIM UK)
For more than 50 years, refugees have been living in camps near the Ethiopia/Sudan border due to both historical and ongoing conflicts. But all hope isn’t lost: through education, God’s Word is coming alive.
Spiritual, physical, and educational needs in the refugee camps are great. Among the many people forced to flee from rebel control in the region, women and children arrive having had no schooling and unable to read or write in their own language.
Sudan: Brutal civil war brings crisis in Nuba Mountains
Luke Randall
There is mixed news for Christians in Sudan as war continues to rage, with “relative calm” in the north, a “deteriorating” situation in the Nuba Mountains, and concern surrounding government tactics.
The brutal civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), the country’s official military, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group formed by a previous dictatorship, started just over three years ago. It continues with little sign of resolution, and Christians often find themselves caught in the crossfire of one of the world’s major humanitarian crises.
