Tag: Episcopal Church of Sudan

Archbishop of Canterbury speaks ‘strongly’ to Sudan President of religious freedom for Christians

July 31, 2017 Sudan Apostasy, Episcopal Church of Sudan, Islamic extremism, Justin Welby, Kadugli, Khartoum, Mariam Ibrahim, Omar al-Bashir, Pentecostals, Refugees, Sharia, South Sudan, Sudan, Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church, Uganda

Archbishop of Canterbury in Sudan, 29 July, 2017 (Credit: Archbishop of Canterbury)

The advent of the world’s newest country, South Sudan, in 2011 has not been without its impact. Not only has it spawned a civil war and one of the world’s biggest current humanitarian crises, but also the need for a new Province in the global Anglican Communion. This weekend, the . . . Read More

Sudan detains 6 Christians, threatens to demolish 5 churches

October 12, 2016 Sudan African Union, Churches, Episcopal Church of Sudan, Gadaref, Hassan Taour, Kadugli, Khartoum, Kuwa Shamal, Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan, Sudan

Sudan has detained three church leaders and three church members, meanwhile warning five churches of impending demolition. The six, from the Evangelical Church in Wad Medani (200km southeast of the capital, Khartoum), were briefly arrested on Sunday (9 Oct.) after refusing an order to hand over to the government a . . . Read More

Female church workers raped and killed in South Sudan

February 10, 2014 South Sudan Bor, Dinka, Episcopal Church of Sudan, Juba, Nuer, Riek Machar, Salva Kiir, South Sudan, White Army

Bor has been the flashpoint of the conflict, with the city changing hands between the government and opposition forces several times. Most of the civilian population has been displaced.Dominika Arseniuk, Polish Humanitarian Action / Flickr / Creative Commons Scores of female church workers were massacred last month as they . . . Read More

Sudan loses ‘bright young leader’

May 22, 2013 South Sudan Episcopal Church of Sudan, Juba, South Sudan, Sudan

Joseph Taban Lusaba, principal of New Bishop Gwynne College (of the Episcopal Church of Sudan, ECS) in Juba, South Sudan, died May 20 after an illness. Before studying for a masters at Duke University in the United States in 2010, Joseph Taban had been a priest at ECS’ All Saints . . . Read More

Sudan border dispute brings destitution to thousands

November 19, 2012 Sudan Abyei, African Union, Dinka, Episcopal Church of Sudan, IDPs, Khartoum, Sharia, South Sudan, Sudan, Trauma

As politicians wrangle ahead of an early December deadline over the still-disputed status of the oil-rich region of Abyei, straddling the border of Sudan and South Sudan, local church leaders appeal for help in the face of a potential humanitarian crisis. Both governments have been asked to approve an African . . . Read More

Bible school, church buildings attacked in Sudan

April 26, 2012 Sudan Darfur, Episcopal Church of Sudan, Islamic extremism, Khartoum, Nyala, Omar al-Bashir, Omdurman, South Sudan, Sudan, Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church

Christians faced increased hostilities in Sudan over the past few weeks, culminating in an attack on a Christian compound in Khartoum by a throng of Muslim extremists armed with clubs, iron rods, a bulldozer and fire. Breaking down the compound wall with a bulldozer, the assailants on Saturday (April 21) . . . Read More

Christians targeted in Sudan’s ‘ethnic cleansing’

March 20, 2012 Sudan Episcopal Church of Sudan, Islamic extremism, Kadugli, Nuba Mountains, Omar al-Bashir, Refugees, Sharia, South Kordofan, South Sudan, SPLM-N, Sudan

The “ethnic cleansing” that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has undertaken against black Africans in the Nuba Mountains is also aimed at ridding the area of Christianity, according to humanitarian workers. By targeting Christians among people who are also adherents of Islam and other faiths in the Nuba Mountains, military force . . . Read More

Priests released amid wave of abductions in Sudan

February 15, 2012 Sudan Episcopal Church of Sudan, Khartoum, Omar al-Bashir, Sharia, South Kordofan, South Sudan, Sudan

Two Catholic priests abducted at gunpoint in Rabak, Sudan last month have been released amid a wave of forcible conscriptions into rebel southern militias. Their captors – South Sudanese militiamen loyal to (north) Sudan’s Islamic government – accused the Rev. Joseph Makwey and the Rev. Sylvester Mogga of ties to . . . Read More

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